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Conservation officers arrived at Mike Hopcraft’s Abbotsford home just a day after a widely publicized move of an alligator from Langley. Hopcraft picked up the gator, a 7’6” reptile, from a Port Kells-area home Dec. 21, and took it to his reptile shelter. The animal’s previous owner is moving overseas and couldn’t take it with him. However, 24 hours later, an Abbotsford Police officer and BC Conservation officer turned up on Hopcraft’s doorstep. They wanted to see the permit for the animal – the province recently began requiring permits for exotic animals. Hopcraft said he received verbal permission from BC Ministry of the Environment officials for the move, and he’s filled out paperwork for the permit, but it hasn’t been issued yet. Among other things, photos of the animals are required as part of the permit, along with photos of its enclosure. Hopcraft said he couldn’t get alligator photos until the date of the move. He also wonders why officials only turned up after the move, when he notified the government about three weeks ago. The holidays are complicating the matter. Hopcraft hasn’t managed to get in touch with any of the officials he spoke to before the move. The Langley Advance attempted to contact

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Mike Hopcraft (centre), and a crew removed the alligator Dec. 21, 2010.

staff at the ministry and the Conservation Service, but most were on holiday. Due to the complications the move has caused, Hopcraft has renamed the alligator Pandora. Hopcraft said Pandora is not the only animal he’s still trying to get a permit for. He’s applied for permits for other creatures at his reptile refuge, but so far hasn’t received the paperwork back from the government. In some cases, he’s been waiting for months, Hopcraft said. However, Pandora is doing well after her move, he said. The gator was being kept in a pool in a converted shed at its previous home. It seems to have no medical issues. Hopcraft has been in touch with a vet and with staff from the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove, who helped with the move. While Hopcraft himself is fascinated with reptiles, he doesn’t recommend them as pets, especially large, potentially dangerous ones like this gator.

“They’re dangerous at a quarter of this size,” Hopcraft said. He once barely avoided being bitten by a small caiman at his shelter. The animal’s jaws didn’t quite clamp down on his hand, but two teeth scratched him. He needed 17 stitches. “I would never recommend them as pets,” he said. Changes in recent years to provincial exotic animal laws make it illegal to possess animals such as venomous snakes, pythons, large lizards, and crocodiles without permits. Hopcraft said this animal’s owner didn’t have one. Most people with large reptiles didn’t bother to get permits when the laws changed, he said. Because they don’t take their animals out in public, there is little chance of them being caught by provincial authorities. “There’s no way of knowing how many are out there,” he said. Alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and large snakes are sold when they’re quite small and seem manageable. But as with this gator – the largest Hopcraft has ever brought to his shelter – they can grow to a tremendous size. They are also a major commitment, due to their long life spans. An alligator can easily live 50 years. Yet people still snap them up when they’re imported from the United States, South America, Asia, or Africa. A few years ago, Hopcraft heard that a Surrey pet store was selling young caimans. About 20 were snapped up in two weeks. Many of these animals will wind up being seized or turned over to refuges like Hopcraft’s. A few weeks before the gator, he had to trap a four-foot-long black throat monitor lizard under a South Surrey home.

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Rudy the mascot (above) stopped by the Mirage dance club where he took a turn on the dance floor with club patrons, one way the volunteer program spreads the word about Operation Red Nose. He could also be found tearing it up with party goers at Newlands Golf and Country Club (left) when he visited a Christmas party there recently.

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If you’re a party animal and you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to makes plans to survive New Year’s celebrations. It’s always a good idea, after all, to make it all the way home after a party, without killing yourself or someone else… or having to take a side trip to the nearest police station. While B.C.’s Solicitor General and others in authority have expressed second thoughts, police officers have demonstrated that they are quite serious about the province’s relatively new drinking-anddriving laws, implemented last September – especially police officers who have grown tired of cleaning up the messes left behind by drunks who were absolutely certain they were “good to drive.” Of course, you could plan to contest the constitutionality of a provincial law that penalizes you below the federal limit of .08 per cent blood alcohol. Good luck. First you’ll have to ensure you’ve drunk just the right amount of alcohol to put you between .08 and .06 per cent (actually .05 per cent, but breathalyzers have been recalibrated to provide a margin of error in favour of errant drivers). Otherwise, the federal laws get you anyway. Then you’ll have to make it all the way to a roadblock – or catch the attention of a patrolling officer – without getting into an accident. And you can’t be visibly impaired, otherwise once again, the feds get you. Under the Criminal Code, if you’re impaired, you’re impaired, no matter how little you’ve been drinking. Then you can go through all the inconvenience, expense, and stress of having your car impounded, fetching up a lawyer, preparing for an expensive trial – and keeping your fingers crossed that, in the end, the judge will agree with you. It’s far easier and far less stressful to make arrangements for a safe ride home. And the bonus is that you can enjoy the entire evening without having to cross your fingers. – B.G.

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Be it resolved: I will not resolve serious treadmill time… and look at those arm flaps… you planning on flying or something?” While you’re at it, why don’t you just hand over a list of all the other things you’d like to see me change about myself? Bob Groeneveld Come right out and tell me every niggling editor@langleyadvance.com little thing about me that annoys you? Do I need a haircut? Maybe I don’t smile enough to suit you? Okay. We’ve got past the hard part of the But instead, you’ll do the “polite” thing. year: being nice and giving stuff away and You’ll avoid looking at the extra gut I’m generally doing the whole Christmas thing. carrying around. Phew! That was pretty tough. You won’t mention my sallow, living-in-aNow we all can get back to our normal cave complexion. selves. You’ll smile condescendingly – almost politeYou can turn back into that chronic comly – when I reach for that extra fudge brownie. plainer who knows my job better than I do, You’ll overlook the McDonald’s lunch bag and I can be my old, miserable self, without crumpled in my desk-side trash feeling like I have to live up to the can. Christmas standards that others You can turn And you’ll nonchalantly – disset for us, and to which we are ingenuously – ask me the Big back into somehow collectively coerced into Question: “So. Have you thought capitulating. that chronic about making any New Year’s Every year. complainer who resolutions this year?” Year after year. Well, bucko, the answer is no. (We never learn, do we?) knows my job Nada. That’s why I don’t make New better than I do. Zero. Year’s resolutions – not for myself, A big (if you’ll excuse the anyway. Who needs all the stress and bother of trying expression) fat zilch. I do not make New Year’s resolutions. to make ourselves “better”? I do not plan to improve. What!? But I do have a suggestion for a New Year’s You don’t think I’m good enough already? Because that is exactly what is implied when resolution for you: “Whereas my friends are my friends because you ask someone if they’ve made any New I approve of who they are and I have always Year’s resolutions. appreciated them despite any faults they may You’re saying, “You could do with some have; and improvements, buddy. Have you figured out “Whereas any faults my friends may have yet where you’d like to start?” only serve to make me look better anyway; Why don’t you at least be honest about it? and Why don’t you just say it? “Whereas the caring and sharing thoughts I know what you’re thinking. my friends have for me don’t deserve to be Come right out and say it: “You could use met with callous innuendo; then some serious exercise, pal. And maybe think “Be it resolved that I will NOT ask them if about laying off the sweets a bit… you had they have made – or are planning to make enough in the past year to last you the next – any New Year’s resolutions this year.” decade. Look at you! How many extra pounds And have a Happy New Year, for pity sake! are you carrying on that ‘big-boned’ frame of Visit Bob Groeneveld’s blog, Editor’s Notes, at http://tiny.cc/v7b94 yours? Fifteen? Twenty-five? Get real! More at www.langleyadvance.com like 45 or 50, eh? You could do with some

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Mufford overpass

Better solution cheaper Dear Editor,

The core of a letter from Minister Shirley Bond to Township of Langley, regarding the proposed Mufford overpass really states the ministry has agreed to take the reins of the Mufford/64th Avenue overpass project. So Township council takes a back seat for input in the Mufford project. “The Province respects their [Agricultural Land Commission] decision” could mean it would not overturn the ALC decision, or the province could have a different interpretation of “respecting the ALC,” and will do as it pleases. Or, since the issue of conflict is between Highway 10 and the railway, the ministry may be the main funding partner with the railway. And the previous Kevin Falcon funding withdrawal threat would be null and void. If the ministry has taken control, there would be a new piece of paper, rather than propping up an already failed project on two fronts: the ALC and farmland, and the electorate and public opinion. It is logical to start with a new set of engineers, not the Township’s or City’s. Maybe provincially funded engineers would fix the highway, four-lane Glover Road, and connect to the Gateway project at the existing 232nd Street cloverleaf – no narrow-minded Mufford overpass that must be only on Township real estate. The logical solution would be the most logical alignment option, where the provincial highway and the railway collide, on Langley Bypass just west of Glover Road.

An alternate overpass proposal offered by letter-writer Dean Holcombe: further diagrams can be found online at www.langleyadvance.com, click on Letters. Push for money saved by eliminating the Mufford overpass option, eliminating a 216th Street/Glover Road overpass, eliminating the Gateway/216th Street cloverleaf, eliminating the cost of 70 acres of farmland acquisition, and eliminating four-laning 216th Street north. That would pay more than double for a “raised Langley Bypass” option and four lanes on Glover Road, the designated truck route and dangerous goods route, with the highest commuter volume, and connecting with the existing 232nd Street cloverleaf at the freeway. Bonuses: no loss of farmland, save big money, and make the people happy. We keep our fingers crossed.

Dean Holcombe, Langley

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Bilingual Mounties site infuriating Your story [Bilingual site adds to Mounties’ load, Dec. 3, Langley Advance] infuriated me. One must only read the figures in the story, of the small number of French speakers in B.C., as compared to those who speak Punjabi, Cantonese, German, and Mandarin, to realize what a colossal waste of time and money it is to conform to the rules of the Official Language Act.

The act – a sop to Quebec – is pitifully antiquated and should be scrapped. Quebec is a unilingual province in which the English language is given short shrift. It boils down to the Canadian political system. To obtain votes, our political parties must submit to the whims of Quebec. That province, rather than being a player, now seems to rule the roost. It is time for a change.

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people were generous and giving to the people with Salvation Army kettles. First, there was the wonderful staff at the Langley Liquor Store, always friendly, helpful, and willing to share their chocolates. Thank you!

Provincial politics

Recall petitions local Dear Editor,

We are registered as canvassers for the Ida Chong recall petition. We can take signatures from eligible voters (registered as voters in Oak Bay-Gordon Head on May 12, 2009) now living in the Lower Mainland. Voters can call us and make an appointment at 604-533-5569 or email princessbb@shaw.ca. We will be open to take signatures at 21628 48th Ave., Langley, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week during the recall period.

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Then one young fellow came by my kettle with his grandpa. He had promised his grandpa that half of his savings this year would go to a charitable cause. They searched all over for a Salvation Army kettle, and finally, I was the fortunate kettle keeper. A large jar of change was literally poured into the kettle. Thank you, young man. May God bless you! Finally, just as I was beginning to get cold and shivery, the manager of Papa John’s Pizza walked over and offered a free pizza. That warmed me up all over! Thank you very much! And to all the people who gave a Christmas greeting or offered spare change, God bless you all! Thanks to all of you, my time at Langley Crossing was most enjoyable.

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Steve Lougheed said the coho salmon returned to Yorkson Creek and its tributaries early this year, with the first ones spotted in the last week of November. Earlier this month, he walked alongside a creek swollen by overnight rains, and pointed to more than half dozen fat, red-sided coho. “I’d say he’s close to 10 pounds,” Lougheed said of one specimen. The fish were conserving their energy, waiting for water levels to Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance drop a bit before heading to the Steve Lougheed counts both live salmon and ones that have already spawned and washed ashore spawning beds upstream. along the Yorkson Creek. They seem quiet and calm when [of the river],” said Lisa Dreves, However, increasing development they’re just holding steady against LEPS’ stewardship coordinator. around the creek on both sides of the current, but they can leap and “This way we have some really the highway means that water rushmove quickly. incredible data,” Dreves said. es in more quickly than it would “If you spook them, they’re gone Among other things, Lougheed from a forest or fields. like a rocket,” he said. has recorded the highest single-day That means the water can rise It looks like a good year for the counts of fish since numbers were and fall suddenly in the creek in the coho, Lougheed said. winter, and in the summer it tends “The exciting part is that the creek first recorded. Coho spend about a to dry out. is actually quite year and a half in the Lougheed and other volunteers healthy,” he said. stream before heading to spent days rescuing trapped salmon Lougheed is a sea for two years, then fry from pools that were drying up volunteer with the returning to spawn. last July and August. They moved Yorkson Watershed Keeping a regular and hundreds of fish north to the stillStewardship accurate count of the full parts of the creek, Dreves said. Committee. A fish coming back to the With more information, LEPS can retired grocery Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance stream will give LEPS a offer Langley Township more inforstore manager and Coho salmon are swimming in good idea of the overall mation that should help them with avid fly fisherman, the quiet pools along the Yorkson health of the stream. future development decisions. he started volunCreek watershed. Yorkson’s fish populaWhile Lougheed says most people teering three years tion may be healthy by who live around Yorkson’s waterago in an effort to give back to the the standards of an urban stream, shed do know there are fish in the resource he values so much. but it has some challenges. creek, Dreves said a surprising numThe committee, along with the Before 2004, the spawning salmon ber of Langley residents still don’t Langley Environmental Partners couldn’t get past the Trans Canada know much about the salmon in Society, has done a fish count every Highway. An obstruction at the cultheir backyard. year on Yorkson since 2001. vert was finally cleared that year. It During a recent LEPS event held at Lougheed took a look at the numturned out the fish quickly took to the Walnut Grove Recreation Centre, bers from the past few years and LEPS showed off coho salmon. this year, offered to make more regu- spawning in the upper reaches of the stream in the Willoughby area. “Some people were amazed we lar visits to make the count more “They just love it there,” Dreves had salmon in Langley,” Dreves accurate. said. said. “He’s adopted two of the stretches

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Left and below: two of the Milner Heights development’s rowhomes, lining 208th Street, has sparkled throughout the holiday season, providing pretty spectacles for passers-by and drivers heading north and south along 208th Street. The colourful lights of Christmas helped make the season bright for residents and visitors alike. This stretch of 91A Avenue is around 207th Street.

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A readers’ listing of favourite Christmas lights and displays in Langley: • Christmas-aholic Cannons

20102 42nd Ave. until Jan. 1, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

• Farmer’s Field

23924 68th Ave. until Jan. 1, 5-11 p.m.

• The Land of Christmas

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• Langley Meadows 2924 Wiggins Place

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4732 207A St. until Jan. 8, 5-11 p.m. (lights and synchronized music – 107.7FM)

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A Walnut Grove home went old-school, with a strand of alternating red and green bulbs.

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19158 48th Ave. – 5-9 p.m. (20-min. light and music show – 105.5FM)

• Christmas at Belmont

4086 205B St. Jan. 1, 5-10 p.m. on weekdays, 5-11 p.m. weekends. (lights and synchronized music at 99.7FM)

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• Parallel Acres

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• Walnut Grove Nutcrackers

91A Ave., 206th to 207th St. (via 206th St. where neighbours banded together to light the street)

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Fraser Highway in downtown Langley City was decorated for the season, with motorists driving between red and green lights. Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance

• Stubbert’s City Toyland

20005 50A Ave. – Lights run 5 to 10 p.m. daily to Jan. 3.

• If you know of such a display, please email details, including a description, address, contact information and even pictures to: rhooper@langleyadvance.com.

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Concerted enjoyment

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Mrs. Claus joined the annual Under the Mistletoe concert held this year at Sharon United Church on Dec. 3. Those attending the event were treated to entertainment, audience participation, hot chocolate, and goodies afterwards. Paige Kidder, one of the members of the Church’s Children’s Choir which had taken part in the concert, was among the youngsters who had a chance to confer with Mrs. Claus.

Al-Anon Family Groups If someone else’s drinking is affecting you, AFG can help. Info: 604-688-1716, langleyafg@shaw.ca or www. bcyukon-al-anon.org. Alano Club of Langley A social club for people in recovery, open 365 days a year, 11am-3pm and 7-10pm. Drop in for a cup of coffee or a game of pool at 20433 Douglas Cres. Info: 604-532-9280.

people recovering from the effects of living with problem drinking in a family member or friend. Ages 10 and up. The group meets at the Township Civic Facility, 20338 65th Ave. Info: 604-688-1716. Alcoholics Anonymous Call Alcoholics Anonymous at the Langley intergroup office, 604-533-2600. Answering machine after hours. Tues. eves. at George Preston Recreation Centre, 20699 42nd Ave., 8:30pm. Info: 604-4343933 or 604-533-2600.

Volunteers Canadian Cancer Society Volunteers required in the Willowbrook office. Training provided. Info: 604-533-1668 or langley@bc.cancer.ca. Volunteer leaders currently needed for the spring daffodil campaign. Contact Inge Smith, 604-533-1668, ext. 326 or ismith@bc.cancer.ca.

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Langley’s history, as recorded in the files of the Langley Advance.

1970: Line electrocutes barn DECEMBER 26, 1940

• Langley Electric Bakery was completely destroyed by ﬁre. The intense heat of the early morning ﬁre made it impossible to save any part of the building or its contents. • Another jump in food prices raised coffee to 45 cents per pound, pork roasts to 22 cents per pound, and tender pot roasts to 15 cents per pound.

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DECEMBER 29, 1960

• There were 354 applications to connect to the proposed Langley City water system. • Only $5,300 separated ﬁve bids tendered on the new Langley City Park. The low bid to build the park was $69,416.

Forty Years Ago

DECEMBER 31, 1970

• A teenage girl was hurt and eight high-producing Holstein cows were killed when a 12,000-volt power line snapped, contacted a farm’s wiring, and sent thousands of volts of electricity through the barn.

• A welfare bilker was jailed 12 months after he pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to obtain money from the welfare ofﬁce.

Thirty Years Ago

DECEMBER 30, 1980

• Local police road blocks appeared to be working: the number of impaired drivers caught in a joint Langley, Matsqui, and Abbotsford effort had declined signiﬁcantly from previous years. • It ofﬁcially became the wettest year on record while there were still six days left on the 1980 calendar. The previous record was set in 1961 with 1,367 mm (50.5”) of precipitation for the year. Dec. 26, 1980, also turned out to be the warmest Dec. 26 on record by a full 1.5C.

Twenty Years Ago

DECEMBER 26, 1990

• Langley’s MP, Bob Wenman, was in dispute with the Vancouver Province over a news story and editorial

about a pro-life blockade of a Vancouver abortion clinic. Wenman maintained that he had not made statements carried in the articles and attributed to him, that anti-abortionists were justiﬁed in breaking the law. Ten Years Ago

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A new organization that will work to enhance Langley Township’s agricultural viability is being formed to encourage land stewardship, promote sustainable farming, and protect farmland. The founding members of the Langley Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (LSAF) were announced by Council on Dec. 13.

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When former Langley Thunder lacrosse player Adam Smith began training dogs last year, he quickly realized that the same kind of patient nurturing required as a coach would serve him well in his new occupation. Smith, 30, has turned a lifelong love of lacrosse toward helping people train their dogs near his home in Walnut Grove. With his own 20-month-old mini-boxer pup, Koda, Smith

has learned about the nuances and patterns of changing dog behaviour. He is currently working with a pit bull from Maple Ridge that has the habit of snapping at people. “For me, it’s the same as coaching,” Smith said. “I really like working with kids because you can see their growth. And I like working with dogs and owners and watching their relationship grow, seeing the owner become more confident.” Born in Australia, Smith moved to Delta at the age of eight. Although he still plays lacrosse – he will represent Australia in the May 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Prague – Smith has always been a natural teacher.

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Langley’s Adam Smith (right) checked Nanaimo’s Scott Ranger during a 2005 WLA game.

He began his coaching career at just 16 years of age when he became an assistant coach of a peewee team in Delta. Smith played junior and intermediate lacrosse – winning rookie of the year in the latter age category – for the New Westminster Salmonbellies, before being drafted by the Burnaby Lakers. He then went to Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania in 2001 on a field lacrosse scholarship. During his three years there he helped the Saint Vincent coaching staff put on lacrosse clinics and assisted local high schools with training camps. In 2004 he was asked to coach the U17 South Fraser Warriors, consisting of many players who were almost new to the sport. Smith performed so well as coach that the team won silver at the provincial championships that year. The following year Smith was asked to be the head of the BCLA Men’s Field Lacrosse Coaching Association. Smith played for the Langley Thunder for three years, scoring two goals and seven points in 14 games during the 2005 Adrian MacNair/Langley Advance season. Adam Smith with his boxer pup Koda near his home in Walnut Grove. But it was as a coach that ing for somebody to train her in ed the first to become a certified he really shone, taking a B.C. obedience. He soon met Jaime professional trainer. selects squad to the gold medal Kinna, an expert in training The first course involves three game in the U19 National Field police dogs for behavioural, weeks of training from 8 a.m. to Lacrosse Championship in 2006. bomb, and drug detection. 5 p.m., every day. Two nights The next three years he won Smith enjoyed a week include an extra three two golds and a silthe training hours in the evening to help run ver in the national so much he classes involving 15 different “For me, it’s championships, asked Kinna dogs. noting that in 2008 the same as about learning “I’ve worked with everything his team became coaching.” to become a from a hyperactive great Dane the first from B.C. trainer himself. to a four-month-old boxer puppy to beat a team from Adam Smith She advised he and everything in between,” he Ontario in the junior volunteer for said. age division. the Langley Animal Protection Smith wants to take the secSmith has been an assistant Society and suggested he enroll ond course in the New Year, but coach with the Burnaby Lakers in a course. the lacrosse championships in since 2009, but his career path Canada West K9 school in Prague will set that agenda back has changed dramatically. Salmon Arm offers two intense a bit. After Smith got Koda nearly continued on page A18… courses, and Smith has complettwo years ago, he went look-

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The Trinity Western Spartans men’s volleyball team solidified the future of its libero position with the recent signing of Tyler Koslowsky, a Grade 12 student from MEI (Mennonite Educational Institute) who will join the Spartans in the fall of 2011. The 5’11” 175-pound Abbotsford product is a setter for the MEI Eagles but, upon joining the Spartans next fall, will be developed at the libero position. Koslowsky most recently helped lead the Eagles to a bronze medal at the 2010 B.C. Boys High School Double A Volleyball Championships, and was a first team-all star. While in his Grade 11 year he led his team to a gold medal at provincials, where he was also named a first team all-star. But while Koslowsky has proven his worth on the volleyball court and impressed the likes of TWU coach Ben Josephson, it came as a bit of a surprise that he even chose this sport. Up until his recent commitment to TWU, Koslowsky was better known as a baseball player within Abbotsford sports circles. He was a shortstop and lead-off hitter for the Abbotsford Cardinals of the B.C. Premier Baseball League. He had won a gold medal with the U17 Team BC at this past sum-

Future TWU Spartan Tyler Koslowsky helped lead the MEI Eagles to a bronze medal at the B.C. high school championships. mer’s Canada Cup. And, earlier in the fall, he was seriously considering pursuing the dream of being a Major League Baseball player. So when he made the decision to come to Langley for volleyball, Josephson was delighted, and a little surprised. “I had initially thought he was going to go the baseball route but we are really excited that Tyler has chosen to play volleyball and that his school choice was TWU,” Josephson said. “He is a supremely talented athlete but his quality of character eclipses his athletic ability. He is a great student, a great leader and a great teammate.”

Josephson said you don’t have to be around Koslowsky long before you know what kind of young man he is. “He will be a great player for our program for years to come, and he will be a great man and ambassador for athletics at TWU,” Josephson added. With current starting libero Jarrod Offereins in his third year of eligibility, Koslowsky comes to the Spartans in typical Josephson timing. The plan will be to have him learn the position for the first two years and, once he’s in his third year, he’ll be prepared to replace what will then be a graduated Offereins.

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Junior A hockey

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From Shawn Horcoff to Jason Krog, Langley Chiefs head coach Harvey Smyl has guided several future high profile pros.

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Jeff Tambellini, who once played under Langley Chiefs head coach Harvey Smyl, tied for the BCHL scoring lead in 2001/02, and is now a second line winger with the Vancouver Canucks. A highlight for Krog was playing a regular shift for the Ducks during their run to the Stanley Cup final in 2003. Most of Krog’s success has come at the American Hockey League level. In 2007/08 he led the league in scoring with 112 points in 80 games as a member of the Chicago Wolves. He was named

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A few high profile players have moved through the Chiefs ranks when they were in Chilliwack from 1987 to ’06. Head coach Harvey Smyl, in his 18th season as bench boss of the team, reflects on four of them. hile with the Chiefs back in 2001/02, Jeff Tambellini tied for the BCHL scoring lead with 117 points before heading to the University of Michigan on a scholarship. After three years in Michigan, Tambellini moved on to the pro ranks. He has played 200 National Hockey League games with the Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Islanders. Tambellini signed with the Canucks as a free agent on July 1, and has been one of the Canucks’ most pleasant surprises this season. He has played his way onto Vancouver’s second line, seen some powerplay time, and has racked up eight goals and 14 points in 20 games. The Canucks have a 16-1-3 record with Tambellini in their lineup. Smyl on Jeff Tambellini: “‘Tambi’ was a great teammate. He was very shifty, had an incredible release, a great shot, and one of those guys who was born into the game [Tambellini’s dad Steve played in the NHL and is now the Edmonton Oilers’ general manager]. He was a sniper. He could really shoot.” ason Krog helped lead the Chiefs to their first BCHL title in 1994/95. In 1998/99 while with the University of New Hampshire, Krog was awarded the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate hockey player in the United States. At the pro level, he has played 202 games in the NHL with the New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Rangers, and Canucks.

hawn Horcoff holds the Chiefs’ record for most assists in a season, after he recorded 96 helpers in 1995/96. After four years of NCAA hockey at Michigan State University, Horcoff graduated to the NHL, and has spent a decade as a top six forward with the Edmonton Oilers. In 2005/06, he recorded a careerhigh 73 points on 22 goals and 51 assists. Horcoff, currently sidelined with a right knee injury, had been centering a line with rookies Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle and has 15 points in 24 games with the Oil this season. Smyl on Shawn Horcoff: “Shawn was very, very competitive. He was one of those kids who had to be first everywhere, and had to win everything, whether he was shooting pool, driving from the rink to the pool hall – he had to be there first, he had to play first, he liked to win. He always had to be No. 1.” oaltender Wade Dubielewicz went from the Chiefs of the BCHL to the University of Denver, where he spent four seasons from 1999 to 2004. As a pro, Dubielewicz initially bounced from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL to their parent team, the New York Islanders. Last season, Dubielewicz played 32 games with the AHL’s Houston Aeros and three games at the NHL level with the Minnesota Wild. Dubielewicz is currently playing in Germany with the Cologne Sharks. Smyl on Wade Dubielewicz: “He was a goaltender, so a little different that way, but on game day, he was focused in the rink, and of the guys we’re talking about, probably the most serious about everything.” ••• Smyl said Krog’s ascent to the pro ranks surprised him the most. “Maybe it was Krogger, because with his ability, he was one of those kids that doesn’t flash, doesn’t show a whole bunch, and you look at the game sheet afterwards and he has, like, five or six points. He made things look so easy, that there was no flash to him. Then again, you look at the other side, he was one of the most committed and dedicated guys I’ve coached.”

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Conference with a 21-14-1- of Surrey Eagle Bradley 5 record. McGowan in the race for The Chiefs have been the BCHL points title. playing sub-.500 hockey of Adding to the local angle late, with a is the fact 4-5-0-1 mark McGowan, Langley Chiefs in their last 20, is a home game 10 games. Langley resiTheir dent. Who: Chiefs vs. Alberni Valley Bulldogs opponents Ius’s lineby Troy Landreville Thursday, mate Josh sports@langleyadvance.com When: Thursday, Dec. 30. the Bulldogs, Myers is tied Game time is 7 p.m. for fifth in After a 10-day Christmas have been Where: Langley Events Centre mediocre BCHL scorbreak, the Langley Chiefs thus far, with ing with 53 resume their British a 16-15-3-2 points. Columbia Hockey League record. ••• season on Thursday. Langley’s Matt Ius will The Chiefs have a two The Chiefs are hostbe a player to watch more days off following ing the Alberni Valley as he continues to pile Thursday’s game before Bulldogs at the Langley up points. Heading into they play again. Events Centre. Opening Thursday’s match-up, Langley’s junior A faceoff is 7 p.m. Ius sits second in league squad opens 2011 with a It’s been a rollercoaster scoring with 24 goals, 36 Sunday afternoon matinée season so far for the assists, and 60 points. match-up with the Coastal Chiefs, who sit second He is two points back Conference-leading Powell in the BCHL Coastal River Kings. Game time at the LEC is 2 p.m. At press time, the Kings possess a stellar 28-5-3…continued from page A18 2 record and have only “Trinity Western is an awesome university,” allowed an eye-popping Koslowsky said. “Attending this school was an easy 1.66 goals against per decision for me as it offers top athletic and academic game. programs.” Junior B Koslowsky called the volleyball program at Trinity Aldergrove Kodiaks Western “amazing” adding that having a chance to be After winning the Pacific part of such a successful CIS program that has such International Junior high quality coaches is exciting. Hockey League playoff “Getting a good education where I can also grow title in the spring, the spiritually is also important to me and I know Trinity Kodiaks have struggled Western is the school where I can accomplish these mightily this season. things,” he said.

With 17 games to play in the junior B season, the Kodiaks sit fourth in the PIJHL’s Harold Brittain Conference. December has been particularly unkind to the Kodiaks, who have lost all six games they’ve played this month. The month had a less than auspicious start, after the Kodiaks were embarrassed 9-0 on home ice by the visiting Ridge Meadows Flames back on Dec. 1. Since then, they’ve lost to North Delta, Delta, Port Moody, Mission (in overtime) and Grandview. The Kodiaks have a few returning players from last season’s squad, including Mike Phillipson, who leads the team with 36 points this year, Colton Precourt, Cody Hoy, Eric McEwan, Tyson Solotki, Jordan Pughe, Cody Rowand, Chad Veillet, and Caleb Staniland. With their stable of returning players, the Kodiaks have more than a dozen games to get it together and qualify for the post-season. The Kodiaks’ next game is Wednesday, Jan. 5, when they host the Abbotsford Pilots at Aldergrove Arena. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

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BUILDING CARETAKER required 2 days per week for Pitt Meadows large Condo complex. Experience required. Fax resume to 604-592-3654 Daytime Cleaning Person for Langley area. 3 to 5hrs/day, MonFri. $12/hr. 604-825-2282 NNW SEEKS F/T Landscaper. $22/hr/Compl. High School and Min. 3 yrs exp. req’d. e-res: brenda.nnw@telus.net Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

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We are a dynamic and growing construction company that requires a field supervisor to manage our residential and commercial excavation and servicing jobs. Candidates must have at least 4-5 years directly related construction/ excavation/servicing experience. The position will involve scheduling and managing staff and equipment for multiple sites and coordinating 5-10 site personnel. The ideal candidate is a highly organized individual with excellent communication and computer skills that has experience in supervisory and leadership capacities. The position reports to the general manager and offers an attractive compensation package in the $60,000 range. Participation in the benefits and bonus program is available. Please send resumes by December 31, 2010 to: Tier Contracting via email to admin@tiercontracting.com .

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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL Locations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equipment. Job placement assistance. Funding Available. 1-866-399-3853 www.iheschool.com MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is rated #2 for at-home jobs. Train from home with the only industry approved school in Canada. Contact CanScribe today! 1-800-466-1535. www.canscribe.com info@canscribe.com

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EDUCATION Veterinary Assistant Diploma Program Want to work with animals and get paid to do it?

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ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+. 604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

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WEST HIGHLAND Terrier pups, ready to go.. first shots, vet checked $1100.00 604 830 6998

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HORSE SELF BOARDING in Hazelmere South Surrey area. $100/mo. Call ★ 778-986-7798 BERNESE MOUNTAIN Dog Puppies. Available January 4th. Langley. $950, $100 deposit to choose now. 778-241-5504.

ENGLISH MASTIFF pups, M/F, p/b, papers, dewormed, 1st shots, 11 wks. $1500. (1)-604-316-5644

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

JACK RUSSEL p/b puppies black & white, beautiful markings, 1 m, 1 f, $750 ea. 604-671-7815 PB MINI Schnauzer. Jan 10. 1st shots, dewormed, tails & dew claws done. call 604-780-8955

POMERANIAN TEACUP babies + Mom. First shots, dewormed, dew claws. $750+. 604-581-2544

POMERANIAN TEACUP babies + Mom. First shots, dewormed, dew claws. $750 +. 604-581-2544 PUGS PUREBRED, no papers, 2 blk, 2 fawn, 2 fem, 2 male $850. ready Dec 29. 604-796-2227

Cares! The Langley Advance has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents. For a complete guide to ﬁnding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

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AMBER ROCHESTOR 545 Rochester Ave, Coq

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Hey are you looking for your Grad Dress 2011? 3 Dresses available! Only Worn ONE time. Will sacrifice @ 1/2 price from original price!! Original Total Value Paid $1250 + taxes. Size Small: Blue dress asking $75, Size 4: Red dress asking $275, and Size 6: Black dress asking $275, again only worn once, mint condition!!! Call or email for photos and info at: 604-880-0288 mandi_babi@hotmail.com Serious buyers only please!

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BUILDING SALE... “ROCK BOTTOM PRICES!” 25x30 $5449. 30x40 $7850. 32x60 $12,300. 32x80 $17,800. 35x60 $14,200. 40x70 $14,770. 40x100 $24,600. 46x140 $36,990. OTHERS. Front endwall optional. Pioneer MANUFACTURERS DIRECT 1-800-668-5422. STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Incredible end-ofseason factory discounts on various models/sizes. Plus FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL FOR CLEARANCE QUOTE AND BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Re: The Estate of Barry McGregor, deceased, formerly of 5771 - 211 Street, Langley, B.C. Take notice to all persons having claims on the estate of the above person named, must file with the undersigned Executrix by January 25, 2011 with a full statement of claim and securities held by them. Executrix, Tammie Langston 5771 - 211 Street, Langley, B.C. V3A 2L7

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By virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act Whereas, Mark Kerrison is indebted to Clover Towing Ltd. for storage and tow on October 9th, 2010 on a 2006 Suzuki Motorcycle Vin# JS1GT76A262104947. There is presently an amount due and owing $2167.42 plus any additional costs of storage seizure and sale. For more information: Clover Towing Ltd. 20291 - 102 Avenue, Langley

OAKDALE APTS

5530 - 208 St., Langley Quiet clean spacious 2 BR, incls 4 appls, hot water, parking. No pets. Resident Manager. $875/month. Avail now/Jan. Please call from 9am to 8pm: (604) 534-1114

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office: 604 524-8174 cell: 604 813-8789

Clean 1 BR’s & 2 BR’s Apts. Mature oriented building near Guildford Mall. Rent incl cable, heat, hot water, prkg available. N/P. Resident Managers. 604-584-5233 or 604-588-8850 www.cycloneholdings.ca

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1st Month’s Rent is FREE! 1 & 2 BDRM’S starts @ $675-$835/mo. Free hotwater, heat, basic cable, weight/game room, prkg, includes security. Please Call 604-530-6555 ★★★Must bring in this Ad to receive 1st Month FREE!

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Excellent potential for employment. Surrey 604-951-6644 Toll Free 1-800-807-8558 admin@westcoastcollege.com

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161

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Houses - Sale

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Real Estate

555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq

Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den. On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.

office: 604 936-1225

JUNIPER COURT 415 Westview St, Coq

Close to Lougheed Mall, all Transportation Connections, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-8905 cell: 604 916-0261 KING ALBERT COURT 1300 King Albert, Coq Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 937-7343 cell: 778 848-5993

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Burnaby Barber Shop, owner retiring, 4 chairs nr Brentwood Mall $25K 299-2120 id5283 Chilliwack Promontory 4500sf 5br 5ba home, 2 suites, view $574,900 824-9700 id5206 Chilliwack Promontory 1880sf 2br 2.5ba home, stunning view $379K 392-6065 id5266 Cultus Lake Price Reduced 900sf cottage, 1 block to beach $329K 819-6787 id5236 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $99,900 597-8361 id4714 Hope 6 condos 805sf-1389sf all 2br, 2ba from $99,900-$135,900 309-7531 id4626 Langley Brookswood fully renovated executive 2491sf 3br 3ba $690K 532-2019 id5275 Maple Ridge spotless 947sf 1br condo above snrs cent 55+ $219,900 466-1882 id5262 New Westminster Price Reduced, 555sf 1br condo, view, $164,900 525-8577 id5081 New West Open House Sun/Mon Jan 2,3 2-4PM 505-9th st, immaculate 620sf 1br top fl condo $137,900 778-231-1926 id5251 Poco Brand NEW 2842sf 5br 3.5ba w/suite, pick your colours $699K 825-1512 id5274 Sry Guildford Price Reduced, like new 675sf 1br condo $172,900 778-588-7875 id3763 Sry Sullivan Mews ground lvl 1200sf 2br 2ba tnhse, 55+complex $220K 834-6935 id5136 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Fleetwood huge 4542sf 8br 6ba, 6965sf lot with 2 suites $753,500 507-0099 id5219 Sry Bear Creek Park 1440sf 2br 2ba in gated 45+ community $289K 597-0616 id5234 Sry Panorama 2675sf 4br home on subdividable 7724sf lot $459K 778-999-3387 id5272 Sry ground lvl 1200sf 2br 2ba tnhse, Sullivan Mews 55+complex $190K 897-1520 id5286 Sry Rancher style updated 1200sf 2br 2ba tnhse 55+ complex $259K 572-0036 id5287 Vanc Kerrisdale Organic Produce Market established 17 years $210K 261-2438 id5261

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Near Langley City Hall Bachelor Apt, $623/mo 1 BR Apts $705 & $734 /mo Incl. heat, storage & parking Adult oriented • No pets By appointment, call:

604-514-1480

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES

22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River

office: 604 463-0857 cell: 604 375-1768

SKYLINE APARTMENTS 1 BR & 2 BR. Cable incl’d. U/grd prkg. N/p. Resident Mgr.

Call 604-536-8499 www.cycloneholdings.ca

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Mobile Homes

NEW SRI homes in parks, Langley, Sry, Abbotsford, Chwk. Trades welcome 604-830-1960 REPOSSESSED MOBILE homes, 1981 to 2009. free 20 x 40 to be moved. 604-830-1960 SRI HOMES 16 wide $ 75,950. Special: Free painted gyproc until Dec 20th. 604-830-1960

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Recreation Property

EAGLEHOMES.CA NEW HOME AND LAND in the Shuswap! Doublewides and Singlewides...No Pad Rent! Close to shopping and recreation. Alice: 250-819-0047 mark@eaglehomes.ca SHARED OWNERSHIP late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Vancouver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power. Professionally maintained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

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Clean & affordable. Bach, 1 BR & 2 BR. Near seniors’ centre. Rents incls heat, h/w & cable.

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Available for Immediate Occupancy

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ALDERGROVE, New Renovated 2 BR semi detached Duplex, fridge/stove, hookup for washer/ dryer, lrg fenced yard. Av Now. 9am-9pm daily ★ 604-539-2533

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3 BR, 2 lvl hse, full bath, w/d, garage, 2300 sqft, Immed, $1400. 604-537-6296, 604-276-8939

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Suites/Partial Houses

2 LARGE BR, dining rm, totalled reno’d, new f/s, cozy solarius, in ste free laundry, central Langley, 1/2 block to bus, free parking, $950/mo. Call 604-339-3826 CLOVERDALE LARGE 1.5 BR bsmt, shared w/d, n/s, n/p, $700 incl utils, sat neg, Avail Dec 1. Call 604-576-2910 LANGLEY, Brookswood. 200/46. Bach ste. $675/mo incl hydro/sat. tv. Sh’d w/d. N/p. 778-999-1895

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Electrical

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