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T U E S D A Y August 27, 2013
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INSIDE: Abbotsford Heat schedule highlights Pg. 12
– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
The inaugural Abbotsford Sprint Triathlon, presented by Habitat for Humanity, was held at and around Albert DyckPark on Sunday. Above, athletes power through the water for the 750 metre swim portion of the race; right, JonathanGendron breaks the tape as the first to finish, with a time of 1:04:07. The sprint triathlon (750m swim, 20 kilometrebike and five km run) attracted more than 100 competitors. See page A12 for more coverage.
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CHRISTINA TOTH
S ince a ban was imposed on all salmonfishing in the lower Fraser River onAug. 16, fishery officers have seized
more than 60 nets and nine boats involvedin illegal fishing.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceansofficers have started 28 investigations intoillegal fishing so far, said Nicole Gallant,DFO’s acting area chief for the lower FraserRiver.
If found guilty, poachers could face finesup to $100,000 and up to two years in jail. Tothis point, no charges have been laid.
The vessels are seized until investigationsare complete, or if the court orders them tobe returned, said Gallant.
“We are getting a lot of complaints aboutillegal fishing or illegal sales of (sockeye)from the public,” Gallant said Monday.
She said the 30 regular fishery officers inthe region are out patrolling as much as theycan around the clock.
“We’re using our boats, our vehicles, ahelicopter and our air surveillance plane hasbeen out,” she said.
Poachers are nabbed anywhere from thePort Mann to the Fraser Canyon at all times
of the day and night, fishing from smallvessels or casting nets from the river banks,she said.
The DFO and the Pacific Salmon Com-mission imposed the ban to allow as manysockeye as possible to reach their spawningbeds, after it became clear that only abouthalf the expected summer-run sockeye wasreturning to the river.
Estimates were down to about two millionfish, almost 50 per cent less than the 3.7 mil-lion that fishery biologists initially forecast inJune. This outlook, coupled with the extremestress imposed on the sockeye by low water,and more significantly, the record watertemperatures of 21.3 C, compelled officialsto impose a sockeye ban.
“Every one of these fish we now need toget to the spawning grounds, so all the fish-eries in the Fraser River were shut down,” theDFO’s Herb Redekopp, chief of conservationand protection in the Lower Fraser area, toldThe Vancouver Sun last week.
The ban includes all salmon species fromthe mouth of the Fraser to above Hope toprevent sockeye from being inadvertentlycaught with other species.
The ban is for all the user groups – com-mercial, recreational and aboriginal fish-ers.
“It’s a unique situation where we have thewhole river closed for all user groups. Duringsalmon season, we might see some irregularfishing, but the with the closure, it’s a bit ofdifferent situation,” Gallant said.
However, sockeye is a prized fish andseveral people are ignoring the ban to takeadvantage of a lucrative black market.
“It’s highly sought after. We find a lot (ofsockeye confiscated) is meant for resale, notfor personal use,” said Gallant.
She couldn’t say how many sockeye havebeen caught illegally since the ban.
Redekopp was out Thursday night aroundmidnight near Agassiz when he and his crewsaw a blacked-out boat with two fishermenusing gillnets.
In the 10 minutes it took to catch up tothe boat using night-vision equipmentand a floodlight, 47 fish had been killed,Redekopp said.
Poached salmon: illegal fishing on the FraserDFO nets dozens ofpoachers as fishingban continues
– TIMES FILE
A ban on all forms of salmon fishing along the Fra-ser River has not stopped some people. see POACHING, page A6
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THETIMES TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013 ❘ NEWS ❘ A3
Upfront
ROCHELLE BAKER
The Cyrus Centre and some gen-erous donors in the Abbotsfordcommunity have finished
building the foundations for a betterlife for at-risk youth.
At a gala event hosted by the Klas-sen Foundation last Wednesday, thecentre and its community partnerscelebrated the completion of CyrusHouse, a new semi-independenthousing project for youth who need asupportive living environment.
As an organization, Cyrus Centrehelps hundreds of teens from 13 to 18years old who struggle with homeless-ness, drug addiction, abusive homesor poverty, at its drop-in facility andtemporary shelter each year.
But Les Talvio, executive director ofCyrus Centre, wanted to provide themwith a more permanent situation.
“We wanted to build a home, nota house, for youth that gave them asense of family,” said Talvio.
Thanks to generous donors anda core of a committed volunteers,the dream of Cyrus House was builtwithin a short six months, he said.
Next month, fourteens aged 16 or olderwill move into a reno-vated seven bedroom,3,500-square-foothome that comescomplete with a setof house parents.
The youths’ new“parents” will mod-el and mentor them in day-to-daylife skills such as cooking, cleaning,co-operative living and budgeting,among other things, said Talvio.
More importantly, the kids’ newparents will simply be there forthem.
“We are not creating an institutionbut a family,” said Talvio.
“They will listen to the kids’ hopes,dreams and aspirations in good timesand sad times.”
The project wouldn’t have come to
fruition without the help of the com-munity, he noted.
Soon after announcing the Centre’sRoofs for Youths initiative, Talvio wascontacted by Travis Klassen, co-own-er of the family-run Valley Pulp andSawdust Carriers Ltd., who offered a
large rental home forthe project.
Talvio was thrilled,but like the kids it wasgoing to shelter, thehouse needed someTLC.
“It was in desper-ate need of love andattention . . . it had
seen some neglect,” he said.Then AdamWoods of Tundra Devel-
opment came into the picture.Woods, a custom home and reno-
vation expert, said he wanted to helpmake the program happen.
Woods pitched the venture to fellowcongregants at the Arnold Communi-ty Church, who also enthusiasticallycommitted to Cyrus House.
Woods co-ordinated a team oftrades workers who included painters,drywallers, cabinet makers, plumbers
and electricians and clean-up vol-unteers who transformed the houseinto a home.
The new appliances, furniture andmaterials that went into the housewere all donated, said Talvio.
And the quality of the work andattention to detail was astounding,he added.
“Cyrus Centre didn’t pay a dime,”said Talvio, noting the projectwould have otherwise cost close to$250,000.
T h e K l a s s e n f a m i l y w a s s oimpressed with the work the com-munity invested into the home thatthey guaranteed Cyrus Centre a free10-year lease on the house.
“I have been overwhelmed andamazed at how generous and caringthe community of Abbotsford reallyis,” said Talvio.
But faith is another reason such alarge project came together so seam-lessly in such a short period of time,he added.
“It’s because God is so amazing-ly faithful when the need is there,”he said. “All the pieces came intoplace.”
Cyrus House ready to be a home– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Cyrus House, a permanent home for at-risk youth in Abbotsford, will open in September. House parents Josh and Alisha Willms, above, have moved in and will bepermanent residents along with two other adults and four young people. Inset, a look at the laundry facilities in the 3,500-square-foot donated home.
What’sLayared intoday’s paperPage 1 & 12 -
T h e i n a u g u r a lAbbotsford Triathlonwent Sunday at andaround Albert Dyck Park.See photos and results.
Page 3 -Cyrus House is com-
pleted and will be thenew home for four teens,starting in September.See more photos.
Page 16 -The Abbotsford
Regional Hospital andCancer Centre celebratedits fifth anniversary. Seemore photos.
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The Abbotsford PoliceDepartment released
photos Monday of a mansuspected of robbing a localcabbie on July 20, and whomay be involved in anotherfailed robbery on July 15.
Just before 9 p.m. July 20, ataxi driver called the APD toreport that he had just beenrobbed by a client.
The 52-year-old driverpicked up his fare minutesearlier from the BourquinBus Exchange adjacent toSevenoaks Shopping Centre.
They had traveled a fewblocks to Ware Street andRavine Way when the suspectpulled a knife and demandedcash.
When he got the cash, theman fled on foot.
The suspect was describedas a clean-shaven Caucasian
male in his 20s with shortdark hair and about 5’10”.
He wore black pants, ablack hoodie style track jack-et, white shoes and a pat-terned grey T-shirt.
APD officers have surveil-lance video from the areathat captured images of thesuspect just before he gotinto the taxi.
Anyone with informationabout these incidents or thesuspect captured in the sur-veillance photos is asked tocall the Abbotsford Police at604-859-5225 or text 222973(abbypd) or call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477.
– CHRISTINA TOTH
Abbotsford taxi robber sought
– APD/FOR THE TIMES
This man is suspected of rob-bing a cabbie last month.
Two men were injured during a shooting inan upscale Abbotsford subdivision early
Thursday morning.Police responded to reports of shots fired
near the intersection of Ponderosa Street andPonderosa Place in west Abbotsford at 1:20a.m., said Const. Ian Macdonald.
Officers arrived to find two men aged 19and 28 years old suffering from non-lifethreatening injuries.
The victims were transported to hospitalbut were expected to be released in shortorder.
Neither of the two men shot were on theAPD’s radar or have any related history withpolice, he said.
“They appear to be as uncertain as to who
would do this to them as we are,” said Mac-Donald.
The two men, who are friends, were in avehicle attending an event in the neighbour-hood when they were shot at from anothervehicle, he said. Witnesses reported hearinggunshots and the sound of a vehicle speedingfrom the area. In addition to interviewing wit-nesses, investigators will try to obtain imagescaptured on video surveillance cameras fromhomes in the area to get a description of thesuspect vehicle, he said.
Anyone with information about the shoot-ing should call the Abbotsford Police Depart-ment at 604-859-5225 or text 222973 (abbypd)or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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A6 ❘ NEWS ❘ TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013 THETIMES
STEPHANIE IPThe Province
Awoman left paralyzed fromthe neck down during a 2011targeted shooting that killed
Abbotsford gangster JonathanBacon is suing the alleged shootersand the Kelowna hotel and casinowhere the incident took place.
Leah Hadden-Watts filed the civ-il claim Wednesday – the secondanniversary of the brazen daytimeshooting – against Jujhar SinghKhun-Khun, Michael Kerry Jones,Jason Thomas McBride, and theoperators of the Delta Grand Okana-gan Hotel and Casino in Kelowna.
Hadden-Watts was hit in the neckby a bullet that severed her spinalcolumn. She underwent severalhours of surgery to remove the bul-let.
“As a direct result of being struckby the bullet, the plaintiff has suf-
fered nerve damage which causedparalysis of both of the plaintiff’slegs, most of her upper torso andpartial paralysis of both arms andhands,” the claim reads.
Hadden-Watts claims that thethree accused, each of whom fac-es various charges of murder andattempted murder and are awaitingtrial, were “negligent in carelesslydischarging one or more firearmsin a public location, such dischargecausing injuries to the plaintiff.”
The claim goes on to say the B.C.Investment Management Corpora-tion, operators of the hotel wherethe shooting took place, and Gate-way Casinos & Entertainment Lim-ited “owed a duty of care” and failedto “take reasonable steps to ensurethe plaintiff was reasonably safe in
using the Hotel premises.”“The Hotel knew and approved
of the operation of a casino thatwas attached to the Hotel prem-ises and as such knew or ought tohave known that the operation ofa casino brings an increased riskcaused by the predictable presenceof criminality and gang memberswho regularly frequent casinos,” theclaim reads.
In the papers filed to the B.C.Supreme Court, Hadden-Watts,now 23, said she had just completedan insurance brokering course andhad plans to begin a yoga instructorcourse at Langara College prior tothe life-changing injury.
She is seeking general damagesfor pain and suffering, the recoveryof past and anticipated medical
costs and expenses, the recoveryof lost present and future income,as well as costs relating to the civilclaim.
In August 2011, the woman,who claimed to be unaware ofher acquaintances’ criminal con-nections, had been vacationing atthe Delta Grand Okanagan Hotelin Kelowna and spent time at theattached casino.
She was accompanied by friendLyndsey Black, as well as Indepen-dent Soldier gang member JamesRiach, Hells Angel Larry Amero,and Red Scorpion Jonathan Baconof the notorious Bacon Brothers ofAbbotsford.
As Hadden-Watts and companywere preparing to drive away fromthe hotel on Aug. 14, another vehiclepulled up alongside their white SUVand at least one masked gunmanopened fire on the group in broaddaylight.
Both women were hit by gun-fire. Amero, 37, suffered damage toone of his hands, while Riach, 31,escaped serious injury. Bacon, then30, was rushed to Kelowna GeneralHospital but died soon after.
In the year following the noto-rious Kelowna killing, retributiveattacks peppered the region.
In September 2011, police warnedthat anyone connected with theDhak-Duhre group was a poten-tial target for retaliation. Later thatmonth, Khun-Khun was sent tohospital in critical condition aftergunmen fired at his car on a Surreystreet.
In January, Sandip “Dip” SinghDuhre was shot dead while diningat a crowded downtown Vancouverrestaurant at the Sheraton Wall Cen-tre hotel. Then in May, Dhak-Duhreassociate Gurbinder Singh Toor wasshot dead in the parking lot of thePort Moody Recreation Complex.
Woman paralyzed in Bacon murder suesVictim claimed to be unaware ofacquaintances’ criminal connections
This year’s cycle is the offspringof the 2009 run, which was alsoextremely low compared to the aver-age 8.6 million fish recorded by DFOfor that run in recent decades.
However, the sockeye numbersmay be much higher next year, asthe 2014 run will be the offspringof a record high number of sockeyefrom the 2010 run.
The DFO urges reports of any ille-gal fishery or suspicious activity.
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THETIMES TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013 ❘ NEWS ❘ A7
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Au g . 1 5 w a s a v e r yspecial day for oneAbbotsford air cadet.
Cadet Timothy Keis spenthis summer at the RegionalGliding School (Pacific) onthe Air Cadet Private PilotScholarship Course.
A s a m e m b e r o f 8 6 1S i l v e r f o x S q u a d r o n i nAbbotsford, Keis was amonga select few air cadets fromBritish Columbia given theopportunity to get their pri-vate pilot’s licence.
Keis trained on a Cessna172 and a Cessna 152 toTransport Canada’s privatepilot licence standards in justseven weeks.
Keis was trained along
with other cadets at one ofthree locations: the VictoriaFlying Club, Pacific FlyingClub in Boundary Bay andCoastal Pacific Aviation inAbbotsford.
The successful studentsre c e i v e d t h e i r c ov e t e dcadet pilot wings and theirTransport Canada privatepilot licences on graduationday, Aug. 15, from BritishColumbia’s Lt.-Gov. JudithGuichon,
Royal Canadian Air Cadetsis a national co-educationalyouth organization, spon-sored in partnership by theCanadian Forces and thecivilian Air Cadet League ofCanada. B.C. has about 3,700air cadets in 57 squadrons.
The B.C. Ministry of Educa-
Keis gets his wings
– SUBMITTED PHOTO/FOR THE TIMES
B.C.’s Lt.–Gov. Judith Guichon congratulates Abbotsford nativeand 861 Silverfox Squadron cadet Timothy Keis on receiving hisPilot Scholarship Course cadet pilot wings at a ceremony heldAug. 15 at 19 Wing Comox.
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The Abbotsford/Mission Timesis a division of LMP PublicationLimited Partnership.We’re published Tuesdays andThursdays from 30887Peardonville Rd., Abbotsford, B.C. Until not very long ago, “prorogue”
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discovered its usefulness in side-steppingnormal democratic procedures in Canada’sParliament, prorogation was commonlyused to allow the government time torethink and re-establish policies and com-mitments to accomplish new and impor-tant objectives.
Prorogation has been a staple of the Brit-ish-style parliamentary system for centu-ries. Most Canadian prime ministers beforeHarper used it to take a break to prepare,for instance, a new Throne Speech, or toreorganize and prepare new cabinet min-isters after a significant change to cabinetshuffle – such as the recent shuffle insti-tuted by Harper.
In general, Canadians were mostlyunaware of the word, or how it fit into theparliamentary process, until the past fewyears, when Harper used it several timesto save his own political butt: thwarting ano-confidence vote in one case, and to stopembarrassing questions that threatened totopple his government in another.
He has given all the good reasons fordoing so this time: he wants time to presenta new Throne Speech, and to ensure thatall of his newly minted cabinet ministersare all up to date on their responsibilities sothat the business of government continuessmoothly.
But he’s also in the middle of the senateminefield – shades of his previous anti-democratic use of that four-letter word.
Fortunately for Harper, most Canadi-ans aren’t paying attention as the holidayseason transitions into the back-to-schoolseason.
Fortunately for Canadians, NDP and Lib-eral MPs will have extra time to formulatetheir senate-scandal questions.
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c.] Much ado about nothing.
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c.] People who can prove they’d be good owners should beable to possess them.
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The power of proroguement
On Monday as PrimeMinister StephenHarper was touring the
far North and making politicalannouncements, he took timeout to prorogue Parliament.
The MPs were scheduled toreturn to the House of Com-mons on Sept. 15 but now,thanks to this not-suspicious-in-the-least political move, theHouse is expected to returnsometime in October whenthe PM will have the ThroneSpeech delivered.
Critics claim that this move isto avoid dealing with the Senateexpense scandal in public.
Mr. H also prorogued Parlia-ment in 2008 to avoid a non-confidence vote, if you recall.
Prorogation is the parliamen-tary version of hitting the resetbutton. Legislation that’s in thepipeline basically dies.
It can be brought back in thenext session but it’s basicallyback to the drawing board.
Of course, even under therules for proroguing, the gov-ernment can still sit for a fewdays to finish up importantbusiness, but guess what thechances are of that happening?
What will die with this move?Before the house is legislation
on Senate reform, includingterm limits and changing to anelected Senate, and legislation
that includes restrictions foroffenders who cannot be heldcriminally responsible for theiractions because of mental ill-ness.
So thank goodness Parlia-ment’s been prorogued.
The last thing we Canadiansneed is a group of federal politi-cians heading back to Ottawato get some work done.
I believe the powers of theprorogue should be available toothers.
Naturally some studentswould welcome being able totell their teacher to prorogueyourself. Then the kiddies couldelongate that all-too-shortsummer break from school.
On the coast such an elon-gated summer break wouldprobably last until the resump-tion of seasonal rains. Then inlate October or November kidswould stroll into class, sick ofbeing drenched and be all themore ready to hit the books.
After all, there’s nothing inlaw that says students have tobe in school for a certain num-
ber of days. Oh wait, yeah, it’scalled the School Act and it’sthere because there is, for mosthumans, a direct correlationbetween the amount of time aperson devotes to a significanttask and the success of saidtask.
So sorry kids, it’s off to schoolcome Sept. 3. Be secure in theknowledge that if you workhard in school someday you,too, can become a federal poli-tician and not have to put in anhonest day’s effort.
I know many employeeswould like to be able to pro-rogue their work or at leastsome tasks?
Lots of average workers mightwant this power to clear awaythose pesky assignments or cre-ate more four-day work weeks.
Wouldn’t that be a joy forcompanies and employers? Andoh how it would aid productiv-ity. I can see the person assignedto deep-fryer duty on hot days,or sewage plant workers or gar-bage collectors, wanting to havesome power to say “not today.”
I think that would hold truefor anyone in grimy jobs but itcould be worse – they could gointo something really dirty, likepolitics.
■ Heather Colpitts is a reporterwith the Langley Advance.
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THETIMES TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013 ❘ LETTERS ❘ A9
Editor, the Times:I was saddened but
wholly unsurprised withthe Bible belt today whenin the paper the majority ofpeople voted in a poll to notboycott the Olympics dueto (Russian President Vladi-mir) Putin’s anti-gay stance,agreeing with the sentimentthat “No. We will be guestsin his country, we shouldabide by his laws.”
Hey Abbotsford, guesswhat?
When Hitler started beat-ing up people in the streetsof Germany for being Jewishor for not making the ‘HeilHitler’ gesture, would youhave boycotted the Olym-pics there?
It’s the same thing.It’s genocide.Or at least the beginnings
of one. It’s scary and sickwhat’s happening over thereright now.
I’m not even asking theathletes to boycott.
All I am asking is to notwatch them on TV and tonot support the advertisersor the Olympic board.
Send a message throughTV’s lack of viewership.
There is a very appropri-ate adage for this situation:Those who don’t learnfrom history are doomed torepeat it.
History is starting torepeat itself in a very badway.
Renee ReeveMission
Senate solutionwon’t work
Editor, the Times:Re: Ian Macleod’s pro-
posal for Senate reform(letter to the editor: Solu-tion for the Senate, Aug. 22,Abbotsford Times).
MacLeod writes, “ThePrime Minister could agreethat he would only appointsenators from names sub-
mitted by the provinces . . .If he is serious about Senatereform, he just has to do it!”
Unfortunately, Macleod’sproposal won’t work. Here’swhy.
First, at any given timesome provinces, often amajority, are governed byparties in opposition to theprime minister’s party.
Why would any primeminister appoint oppositionsenators who would opposehim or perhaps cause himto lose senate control?
Second, the prime min-ister would not appointseparatist nominees recom-mended by a separatist gov-ernment.
Senate reform is veryproblematic because in twoways our founding fathersdid a poor job in establish-ing the Senate.
Their first big mistakewas to adopt neither equalrepresentation for eachprovince or state as in theUnited States (two) or Aus-tralia (12), nor provincialrepresentation by popula-tion, as in India.
Instead, our foundersadopted a blend of the two,which incorporated veryinaccurate proportionalrepresentation by regionand province.
The founders’ second bigmistake was that they madeno provision for changes insenate representation, nomatter how great popula-tion shifts might be.
Thus, today Canada hasthis absurd situation: PrinceEdward Island, population145,000, has four senators;New Brunswick, 750,000,has 10; and British Colum-bia, 4,450,000, has only six.
Article 42 of our constitu-
tion states that any changerequires an amendmentsupported by at least two-thirds of the provinces con-stituting at least 50 percentof the population.
This means that eitherQuebec or Ontario wouldhave to be supportive.
For logical reasons, bothare opposed.
There may be ways ofachieving minor reformsbut I don’t believe IanMacleod’s recommenda-tions would work.
John H.RedekopAbbotsford
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This letter is intendedfor those folks who believethere is nothing to do inAbbotsford.
Well folks, you couldn’t befurther from the truth.
Did you go to the MillLake Cruise-In?
Did you go to the down-town car show this pastweekend?
If you didn’t, then youdon’t have anything to com-plain about.
The Mill Lake Cruise-Inwas fantastic but the downtown car show was phe-nomenal.
Great cars to look at. Fan-tastic entertainment.
Mark your calendars andplan on going next yearbecause if you don’t youhave absolutely nothing tocomplain about.
Larry HarrisAbbotsford
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A full rainbow arcs overa field in west AbbotsfordSunday evening, look-ing like the setting for asci-fi television series.Such sights have beenrare in the Fraser Valleythis summer, with thelack of rain, but that isabout to change. Thisweek is expected to bringas much precipitation aswe have had in the lastthree months combined.Lawns around the citytell the tale of how dry ithas been, and a good fewdays of soaking will turnthe brown back to green.
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Int’l Knitting ClubSept. 4, interested in knit-ting? Make new friendsand drop by Mission Library,33247 Second Ave., fromnoon to 1:30 p.m. Presentedin co-operation with Mis-sion Community Services.For more information call604-826-6610.
Fall fair in MissionSept. 7, McConnell CreekFall Fair, 35483 Hartley Rd.,Mission.Games and craftsfor the kids, scarecrow mak-ing competition for all ages.Submit fair entries Sept. 5,7-9 p.m. and Sept. 6, 9 a.m.– 12 noon. See www.mccon-nellcreek.com.
Volunteer with horsesSept. 7 – The North FraserTherapeutic Riding Associa-tion needs volunteers for fallhorseback riding program,to help groom and tack upour horses, as well as leadand side walk with our rid-ers during their lessons. Avolunteer orientation ses-sion will be held on Sept. 7from 1 – 2:30 p.m. at 13345Park Lane, Maple Ridge. Thefall session begins Sept. 16.Call 604-462-7786.
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Temple Grandin speaksAug. 29, an educational sem-inar featuring Dr. TempleGrandin (1 – 3 p.m.) speak-ing on animal welfare, andDr. Melodie Chan (10 – 11:15a.m.) speaking on foods wecan trust, is at GatewayCRC Church, 2884 GladysAve., Abbotsford. Hostedby Abbotsford VeterinaryClinic. Lunch included, $20.Call 604-850-7577.
Reading club medalsAug. 29, Mission Library hon-
ours its young readers at theSummer Reading Club MedalCeremony at 6:30 p.m. Read-ers who have completed thesummer reading programwill received a medal at Mis-sion Library, 33247 SecondAve. Refreshments will beprovided. Call 604-826-6610for details.
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The Abbotsford Heat willopen the season on the
road Oct. 4-5 in Clevelandagainst the Lake Erie Mon-sters (Colorado Avalanchefarm team) and play theirfirst home games Oct. 11-12at the AESC against the Mil-waukee Admirals (NashvillePredators).
The Utica Comets (Van-couver Canucks’ AHL affili-ate) will play six games atthe AESC during the regularseason on: Nov. 29-30 (Fri./Sat.), Jan. 24-25 (Fri./Sat.)and March 14-15 (Fri./Sat.).
The 2013-14 season willalso feature two gamesagainst the Toronto Marlies(Toronto Maple Leafs) at theAESC, four visits from theHamilton Bulldogs (Mon-treal Canadiens) and fourvisits from West Divisionrival Oklahoma City Barons(Edmonton Oilers).
The Heat moved to theAHL West Division this sea-son after a year in the NorthDivision.
This season the Heat willhost their division rivals, theCharlotte Checkers (Caro-lina Hurricanes) twice at theAESC, the Texas Stars (DallasStars) four times, and the SanAntonio Rampage (FloridaPanthers) four times.
The Heat will finish theregular season with roadgames in San Antonio, April17-18 followed by a visit tothe Texas Stars on April 19.
The final day of the AHLregular season is April 20,2014.
The Heat will host the UticaComets for a preseason gameat 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.22.
Single-game, flex and grouptickets for this preseasongame are on sale now.
For fans who purchase aComets package by Sept. 22,the Heat will include a freeticket to the preseason gameagainst the Comets for eachpackage purchased.
The Comets package startsat $81, call 1-877-452-4328.
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One hundred and twenty five ath-letes took part in the first annualAbbotsford Triathlon put on by
Habitat for Humanity. There were 54 menand 49 women competing in the sprintdistance event.
“It was above and beyond our expecta-tions,” said organizer Doug Rempel.
“We had an overwhelming outpouringof support from all of our sponsors andAbbotsford businesses helping out withdiscounts on materials and offering servicesfor free or at a great reduced rate.”
Jonathan Gendron from Victoria won theevent with a time of 1:04:47 over Mission’sMikey Ross, who finished second with atime of 1:10:19.
Gendron set a blistering pace in the 750-metre swim with a time of 13:18. He record-ed 34:38 in the 20-kilometre cycling phase
and 16:52 in the 5 km run.“We had a huge amount of first time tri-
athlon competitors; at least 30-40 had neverdone a triathlon before and many said theywill be back and are going to compete inothers as well,” added Rempel.
Many Abbotsford athletes finished inthe top-15 including: Brad Dotinga, fourth(1:13:27); Spencer Koop, sixth (1:13:56);Zachary Neufeld, ninth (1:17:02); Ken Muir(formerly of Abbotsford), 10th (1:17:24); Ste-phen Balzer, 13th (1:19:45) and Russ Esau,15th (1:21:12). The top female athlete wasMarketa Roubalova of the Czech Republic,who finished 12th with a time of 1:17:46.
There were 60 volunteers to help put onthe event and although the final figures arenot yet in, H4H is hoping to have raisedbetween $6,000 and $7,000 towards the cur-rent home project in Abbotsford.
For a complete list of the finisherswith their times and placings, visit bit.ly/13TZ4Cl.
Sprint to the finish– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Swimmers clog the waters at Albert Dyck Lake Sunday morning in the 750-metre swim thatkicked off the Abbotsford Triathlon. Jonathan Gendron, right, finished first in the event.
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A swimmer tries to find his land legs after the 750-metre swim.
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Left, Marketa Roubalova of the Czech Republic was the topfemale finisher. Above, runners take to the trail at AlbertDyck Park; right, Zach Neufeld of Mission grabs his bike.
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The University of the Fraser Valley men’ssoccer team swept the weekend, beating
the Evergreen State College Mariners (Olym-pia, Wash.) 2-1 on Saturday and the Willa-mette University Bearcats 1-0, Sunday.
The Cascades now sport a 3-1-0 pre-sea-son exhibition record going into today’sexhibition match.
In Saturday’s match, goals came fromJames Najman and Dalibor Plasvic. KeeperArturo Ortiz of Veracruz, Mexico, was deniedthe shutout with only five minutes to play asthe Mariners scored off a throw-in.
“A very workmanlike performance froma young UFV team today. We rested someof our senior players to have a look at therookies and they came through with flyingcolors,” said head coach Alan Errington.
“Great performances from Sahib Phaguraand Connor MacMillan.”
The Cascades continued their winningways Sunday with the lone goal coming fromMacMillan.
Mark Village recorded several savesto secure the shutout victory over theBearcats.
“A convincing win with a professionalperformance. Solid performances from allplayers, but the back four have to be singledout for their flawless performance,” saidErrington.
The week before, the Cascade men splittheir first weekend matches of the pre-season on the road, beating the ThompsonRivers Wolfpack 7-0 Aug. 17 in Kamloops,but falling to the UVC-O Heat 3-2 in Kelownaon Aug. 18.
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The Legends and Liars men’s 55 basketball team of Abbotsford came backwith the gold medal from the World Masters Games, held in Torino, Italy. Theywent undefeated for the tournament, beating the Irish in the semi-final toadvance to the finals against Australia. From left, bottom row, Steve Burton,Ed Jones, Mike Dendys, Doug Lucas, Vito Bommerito, Ted Strocel, Bill Leathemand Len Davidiuk pose with banner. Team member Harb Gill is not pictured.
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604.859.1112MISSION
#12 7871 Stave Lake Street604.826.3336
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ExpiresSept 30/13
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Congratulations to TEANNAH, also thank youto all our great carriers!
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BUSINESS OF THE WEEK
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– BC CANCER AGENCY
Ready to cut the cake are from left, Marcus Akhtar, Access Health Abbotsford Ltd. operations direc-tor, Vivian Giglio, Fraser Health Authority VP clinical operations, and Dr. Max Coppes, B.C. CancerAgency president, at the fifth anniversary party of the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Cen-tre Friday. Mike Marasco, Partnerships BC, left, and Walter Hillier, project operations director, look on.
The Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Can-cer Centre celebrated its fifth anniversary
with a special event for staff and the publicon Friday.
Since opening its doors five years ago onAug. 25, 2008, the state-of-the-art AbbotsfordRegional Hospital and Cancer Centre hasserved thousands of people in the communityand throughout the Fraser Valley to Hope.
About 10 per cent of its patients come fromthe Okanagan, northern B.C., the Kootenaysand Vancouver Island.
In the last five years, 4,300 patients havestarted radiotherapy treatment and 1,900 havebegun chemotherapy at the Abbotsford Can-
cer Centre, which employees 160 people.Since it has opened its doors, the Abbotsford
Regional Hospital has seen more than 200,000patients visit the emergency room, has hadnearly 60,000 inpatients, delivered about9,000 babies, cared for 47,000 surgical daycarepatients and seen more than 600,000 ambula-tory visits.
Friday’s celebration featured speeches byB.C. Cancer Agency president Dr. Max Coppesand the Fraser Health Authority’s vice presi-dent of clinical operations, Vivian Giglio.
There was also a barbecue and cake cuttingat the event.
– JEAN KONDA-WITTE
ARH & Cancer Centre marks five years
2013/14SCHOOLOPENINGINFORMATION
604.826.6286www.mpsd.ca
KINDERGARTENWelcome to our newest students! Parents who have children entering Kindergarten should attendtheir school on the morning of Tuesday, September 3rd to confirm registration.Children starting Kindergarten in September must turn 5 by December 31st and proof of age mustbe presented in the form of a birth certificate.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSStart on Tuesday, Sept. 3rdDismissal on this day will be 2 1/2 hrs laterFirst day of regular school: Wednesday, Sept. 4thNew registrations: the week of August 26 (at the school) *Bring Birth Cert. & proof of addressStart time for all elementary schools: 8:30am; except Hatzic: 8:45am
* For additional information, please visit your school’s website
SECONDARY SCHOOLSFirst day: Tuesday, Sept. 3rd from 8:50am – 11:30am (Buses will depart between 11:45 and noon)First day of regular school: Wednesday, Sept. 4thNew registrations: the week of August 26 (at the school) *Bring Birth Cert.& proof of addressStart time for all secondary schools: 8:50am
* For additional information, please visit your school’s website
FRENCH IMMERSIONParents wishing to enroll their children, please contact the following:Gr. K - 6: Ecole Christine Morrison.......................... 604.826.6528Gr. K - 6: Ecole Mission Central ............................... 604.826.1414Gr. 7 - 9: Ecole Mission Middle................................ 604.826.6487Gr. 10 - 12: Ecole Mission Secondary........................ 604.826.7191
SPECIAL EDUCATION:Parents with questions regarding placement of students should contact Randy Huth at 604.826.6286.
RIVERSIDE COLLEGERegistration for Riverside College and Continuing Education are ongoing throughout the year.For information or to book an appointment, please contact: 604.814.0446.
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