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Sexual misconduct charges against a Chilliwack elementary school teach-er have been stayed, but the ordeal isnt over for Jason Epp, who must now face a review by the B.C. College of Teachers.

And that body has a lower standard than the criminal courts, determining wrong-doing on a balance of probabil-ities rather than reasonable doubt.

But no matter what the college decides, Epps teaching career is changed forever, Katharin Midzain, president of the Chilliwack Teachers Association, said Thursday.

We want teachers who are abus-ing children out of the system, but we want a process in place to be allowed to happen before the public crucifix-ion begins, she said.

Chilliwack school district officials called the Chilliwack RCMP on May 4 last year to report a single allegation of sexual assault made against Epp, and he was arrested on May 12, according to a police news release.

The next day, May 13, Crown coun-sel approved two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual inter-ference of a person under 16, accord-ing to the release.

But after more than a year of further police investigation, which included interviews with 130-140 students, par-ents and school staff, Crown counsel abruptly decided last Wednesday to stay the charges against Epp, just days before a trial scheduled for Sep. 19 was to start.

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Tana Mussell and Dan Kelly are two local graduates from a ground-breaking Environmental Tech course who were also just hired on by Seven Generations Environmental Services, a company owned by local Sto:lo. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

Doors opening for environmental techsJennifer FeinbergThe Progress

Tana Mussell of Chilliwack has gained a whole new appre-ciation for the mysterious world of erosion and sediment control.

Shes also stoked by the career options opening up since acquiring a new skill set from the Environmental Technician cer-tificate course she just took.

There is nothing like waking up in the morning and being excited about learning more about this program, and about a future career, Mussell told The Progress during the training. I gained knowledge and skills in areas I didnt know existed

before, like erosion and sedi-ment control, or plant identifica-tion.

Mussell is one of several spe-cialized trainees who just com-pleted an intensified course by Vancouver Island University, which included a field stint in Chilliwack.

It was part of a unique train-ing partnership forged by Seven Generations Environmental Services, owned by six local Sto:lo communities with an eye to the future. The company was created in part to fill the demand for an environmental monitoring team at BC Hydros new Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) Transmission Project.

Tana Mussell and Dan Kelly were two of the trainees from the Chilliwack area and surround-ing Sto:lo communities, among 18 accepted into the training course.

I would like to say how grate-ful I am to have had some of the best instructors in B.C. train-ing us, and how thankful I am to the six Sto:lo chiefs and to Seven Generation, for creating this extraordinary opportunity for myself and my classmates, said Kelly. Hes hoping his back-ground and enthusiasm will be of assistance as he takes on his new role as project supervisor.

The training really opened doors for me, he said.

Its been exciting and I think its about time that First Nations start up their own environmental companies for themselves like this.

Mussell was recently hand-picked as crew leader for the project, and said she realized, when putting together her resum for the project, that she already had a passion for and a little research experience in the field of fish biology.

I was always interested in the environment, so this just made sense, she explained.

The students graduated on Aug. 31 with an Environmental

But his career changed forever by allegations: Midzain

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G.W. Graham middle sec-ondary, Vedder middle and Rosedale traditional will each be receiving $50,000 for new playgrounds; funding which was made available through government capital funds.

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner was pleased with the announcement.

Playgrounds are such an integral part of our child-

hood, he said in a press release. I know that they will help students and children in our community to create many lasting memories.

Those words rang hollow for parents at Bernard ele-mentary.

For two years the inner-city school has been trying to raise enough funds to replace its intermediate playground, which has been condemned by the school district and will be removed at the end of the school year whether or not enough funding for a new one is in place.

Deana Reid, vice presi-dent of the schools parents advisory council, understood the allotment for Rosedale

traditional, a kindergarten to Grade 9 school, but not for a middle school and a middle-secondary school.

The youngest students at middle schools are Grade 7 students.

Those kids are more into hanging out, chatting, play-ing sports, said Reid. But here we have a true elemen-tary school with an age group that will actually use the play-ground.

A spokesperson from the Ministry of Education said the schools were identified by the school district as hav-ing the most need for play-grounds.

However, when contacted by The Progress, the school

district was also confused by the school selection.

We dont quite understand why certain schools were chosen, said superintendent Michael Audet.

Last spring, Chilliwack school district had completed two surveys for the Ministry of Education, prioritizing the needs of the district. And while Audet, wouldnt go into detail as to what might have gone wrong, he said he will be communicating with min-istry officials as to why these schools were chosen over others.

In the meantime, with approximately $8,000 raised and a minimum of $25,000 required for a small play-

ground structure, Bernard elementary continues its fundraising efforts.

Its disappointing, but as a school that has gone through this for years and not getting anything, we dont count on it, said Reid, noting that the PAC had fundraised for five years to replace its primary playground five years ago, and received no help from the government.

If we get funding, oh my God, that would be wonder-ful, but its not something we hold out hope for because weve been let down so many [email protected]/schoolscribe33

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By Janis WarrenBlack Press

Four months ago, everything was fine.

Betty and Rolly Fox had booked a trip to Las Vegas, where they were going to spend some time with friends. They had planned to drive to the border, stay the night at the Comfort Inn in Bellingham and fly out the next morn-ing.

But the day they were to leave a Friday Betty told her husband to call for help. Rolly Fox dialled 911 and asked for an ambulance. Two arrived.

The paramedics rushed her to emergen-cy, where she stayed for a day or two before being transferred to an upper floor of the hos-pital.

A week later, Rolly said, Betty was in the hospice, dying of gas-trointestinal bleeding. The doctors couldnt do anything about it, he said.

They shared quiet times. We didnt talk much, he recalled. She was thinking about everybody, Im sure. She couldnt believe what was happening to her. She was in a state of shock.

We all were.

There were no signs

Betty Fox, the most prominent figure in her son, Terrys, legacy, died on June 17. She was 73.

Betty and Rolly would have marked their 55th wedding anniversary next month.

In his first interview since her funeral, Rolly told Black Press hes having a tough time coping with his wifes unexpected death.

Six months ago, I never thought Id be in this position today, he said, chatting at the BC/Yukon foundation office in PoCo an hour after visiting the cem-etery where Terry and Betty are buried. Six months ago, Betty was very healthy, as far as I knew. There were no signs of this coming.

Rolly met his best friend in Winnipeg, Man., where he worked

as a conductor for CN Rail. The couple had three boys, Fred, Terry and Darrell, but Betty wanted a girl. Judith arrived in 1964.

Rolly yearned to raise his family in a warmer climate and liked B.C.

After a little negotia-tion, he started work-ing for the rail company on May 6, 1966, in the Vancouver and Surrey yards. Betty and the kids came out the next month by train, and they lived in rented home in Surrey.

They got word new homes were being built in PoCo, a CP Rail town,

and the couple bought 3337 Morrill St. They raised their four chil-dren there and had a regular family life, Rolly recalled. But in March 1977, Terry was diag-nosed with osteogenic sarcoma and had his right leg amputated above the knee.

Three years later, the Foxes were thrust in the national spotlight when Terry took on his cross-country Marathon of Hope with the aim of collecting $1 from every Canadian for can-cer research.

During the historic journey, the Toronto

Star brought Rolly and Betty to Ontario for a surprise visit. The newspaper captured the happy reunion with Terry in Whitby: the photo shows Betty hold-ing tight to her sons waist and Terry smiling from ear to ear.

Betty loved the pic-ture and displayed it in her home. Rolly used it as the front of her funeral program.

After Terry died of cancer in 1981, Rolly said his boys name would pop up now and then: at a memorial bench at Stanley Park, where Terry was to end

his Marathon of Hope, and on a Coast Guard icebreaker anchored in the waters off Halifax, where Rolly and Betty had been a few years ago for a stop on a national tour of the Marathon of Hope van.

Rolly calls those encounters coincidenc-es but feels Terrys watching him from above as is Betty now.

I wont say noHe misses her deep-

ly. I always thought Id

Rolly Fox sits by a photo of son, Terry, and wife, Betty, in his Chilliwack home. Rolly says he doesnt like being at home now after Betty died in June. Hell be in Port Coquitlam on Sept. 18 for the annual Terry Fox Run. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

Missing Betty but carrying on

Jennifer FeinbergThe Progress

It was a poignant moment.

A special thank you went out the Terry Fox family from Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz in coun-cil chambers Tuesday.

Rolly Fox was in attendance in chambers along with local Terry Fox Run organizer Margaret Kostrzewa to warmly welcome council mem-bers to join the run on Sept. 18.

This is what one family can do, Gaetz said recognizing the $550 million raised over the years by the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research.

She called the fam-ilys gift inconceiv-able in its scope.

It all started with Terry Fox, and every-one should be heart-ened by what he did.

Gaetz also acknowl-edged how tough a year its been for the family, with the recent passing of Terrys mother, Betty Fox, earlier this summer and presented a book of condolences written by citizens and col-lected at city hall.

Were so thankful you made Chilliwack your home, Gaetz said to Terrys dad, Rolly Fox.

Betty and I always wanted to live in Chilliwack, he said.

They made the move in 2003, and relocated the founda-tion headquarters here as well.

What an amazing family and what an amazing legacy Terry and Betty have left, said Gaetz.

Its always a well-attended charity run.

I want to encour-age everyone in the community to come on out and support it, said the [email protected]/CHWKjourno

This is what one family can do, says mayor$550 million raised by the Terry Fox Foundation

Continued: ROLLY/ p21


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Despite the BC Teachers Federation being ordered to remove provincial matters from the local bargaining table, the Chilliwack teachers union still hopes more bargaining issues can be discussed locally.

Labour Relations Board (LRB) arbitrator Marguerite Jackson ruled in favour of the BC Public School Employers Association, stating all provincial matters and proposals be taken off the local table.

Under the Public Employer Labour Relations Act (PELRA) negotiations dealing with any-thing involving money, including salaries, benefits, prep time, paid leave, and hours of work are to be done at the provincial table.

Chilliwack school district superintendent Michael Audet was pleased with the decision.

The BCTF, through its local unions, had unilaterally attempt-ed to move a number of issues

that had already been defined as provincial back to the local bargaining table, but the arbitra-tor has now directed that cannot happen, said Audet. This was a move to add things and were not prepared to go there. BCPSEA and the LRB have affirmed we dont have to go there.

However, because the province has 60 school districts, some in urban centres, others in remote, rural areas, Katharin Midzain, president of the Chilliwack Teachers Association, continues to affirm local issues should be discussed at the local table.

We recognize everything in the school district costs money, but there are many issues that do not involve money, said Midzain. There are items unique to each local ... we feel strongly that there are some we should be able to discuss locally.

Last spring the CTA put for-ward 20 issues it believed should be discussed at the local table; BCPSEA denied 18 of them.

Some of the issues included

job-share language, parental complaint processes, and updat-ing the professional development language to better reflect what were actually doing.

We feel there is a place for local discussions that go beyond the limits of PELRA, said Midzain.

As part of the arbitrator ruling, BCTF was directed to submit a list of key provincial matters at the local tables to BCPSEA by Sept. 5, and a list of proposals by Sept. 16.

As of Wednesday, Midzain was still awaiting direction from the BCTF.

B.C. teachers are currently in Phase 1 of job action, which means they are refusing admin-istrative and ministry mandated services, which includes such things as filling out forms, col-lecting data, meeting with prin-cipals or other administrators, supervising on playgrounds, and writing report [email protected]/schoolscribe33

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Hes one of the first members of the public to declare his political ambitions in the munici-pal arena.

Longtime Yarrow resident Ron Wedel says in order to make a difference, you have to get involved in your community. He plans to throw his hat in the ring for city council in the November election.

You also have to vote, other wise you dont have the right to complain, he told The Progress.

Wedel has lived in the Chilliwack area since 1970, and has been

active coaching girls soccer and womens fastball, as well as occa-sional umpiring. One of his fast-ball teams fin-ished fourth in the province last year.

Coaching has been his main community contribu-tion, and its something he loves.

We won a couple of provincial titles in junior C and womens provin-cial fastball, he says.

Hes also fairly com-petitive coming from a sports background, Wedel admits.

So whatever I do, I want to do a good job.

He met his wife Faye at Sardis high school, and theyve been married 38 years. We used to know half the people in Yarrow, but now I know only some of the people on my street.

He says munic-ipal politics are where committed individuals can make a difference and become involved with their community at a deeper level.

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Hosted by Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health, the community celebration is called Lets Hope Together: Celebrating Life with Community and Ceremony.

Its fitting to host this special event on the St:lo Nation grounds, especially at the St:lo Resource Centre because suicide impacts everyone all cultures and all races, says Megan Bissky, Outreach Worker for Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health in Chilliwack says. Our goal is to bring people together to talk about it and support

each other.Organizers, along

with community part-ners, the Longhouse Extension Program from St:lo Nation are proud to be part of a heartfelt day, she said.

Let s Hope Together was the

motto chosen by the organizers because the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day in 2011 is Preventing Suicide in Multicultural Societies.

The Saturday Sept. 10 event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the

Sto:lo Resource Centre on Vedder Road with suicide prevention presentation, in mem-ory ceremony, salmon lunch, cedar crafts, and candlelight vigil.

Everyone is wel-come to attend the free gathering.


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If youve ever heard Emily Hamel sing, youll agree with me that she has an outstanding voice. Her mother knew her potential from the time that she was just a young girl.

I took voice lessons

from Caroline Harder at the Chilliwack Academy of Music from the time that I was 12 until I was 19. I competed at the Lions Music Festival five years in a row and went to the provincials twice. Caroline has been a driving force in my life. She gave me confidence and Im so

grateful to her for that, she said.

She enjoyed a rather happy childhood. Emily, along with her brother and two sisters spent a lot of time in the back-yard of the family home taking part in imagina-tion games; somewhat a foreshadowing of her future passion. She

was an avid reader and admits that she could read a book in a day. I read a lot, she stressed. I used to go to bed with a flashlight and just read until I couldnt read any-more.

Her father was quite musical and for as long as she can remember, he played in the church choir. He also had a band in the 70s called Noddies. Dad is a huge Beatles fan and his band played Beatles music and feel-good 70s rock. He converted the den in the basement into a recording studio and the band recorded albums there. As kids, wed go in there and try things out, she said with a chuckle.

At first, Emily thought that she might like to be a marine biologist but sharks terrified her. She decided to go with another plan.

My thoughts then turned to that of becom-ing a vet. I realized, though, that I didnt want to put animals down, so I gave up on that too, she laughed.

She then turned her sights to the stage. At the age of 12, Emily became involved in sing-ing theatre and acting as part of the Academy of Musics Summer Theatre program. We did scenes from Oliverand other musicals.

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people ever year. Emily took part in Rosebuds summer school for aspiring young actors and actresses and she was hooked.

After graduating from St. John Brebeuf high school and receiving their top art award, she headed back to Rosebud and for two years attend-ed the Rosebud School of Performing Arts. She graduated with a diploma in performing arts and returned to the valley to attend Trinity Western University. I took one year of gen-eral studies, choir and childrens theatre, she explained. She was a full-time student at Trinity Western; she worked in their caf-eteria to make some money and she was also

travelling to Vancouver to star in a show called Chickens, a show which she has done more than 100 times.

I decided to come back to Chilliwack and promptly started work-ing at KFC, which is kind of funny after having performed in Chickens, she said with a laugh.

In 2003, she took to the stage again, this time in Chilliwack. I performed

in Steel Magnolias which was a Players Guild pro-duction and I havent stopped since then, she said.

She recently directed Sabrina Fair which was a huge success. This was my first time as a full-time director. I had directed three, one-act plays before but not a two-act, full-cast show. I was a proud mama. The design team, the cast and crew worked so

hard. It was a top-notch play, she enthused. She also recently played the title character in the Players Guilds The Drowsy Chaperone.

She created her own theatre company; Bootstrap Theatre is an offshoot of the Players Guild and is dedicated to providing an outlet to theatre buffs who are interested in explor-ing the fringe. Shes also created a photog-

raphy company called The Studio and along with Amy and Richard Ogilvie and Larissa Garth, sings in a local accapella group known as Midnight Sun.

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VICTORIA Bill Vander Zalms most fantastic claim after the defeat of the harmonized sales tax was that B.C. could go back to the old provincial sales tax in six weeks if the government wanted to.

Remember, this is the guy who once figured he could run an election campaign out of his car. He also promised to cut the price of beer, and then once elected, brought in a property purchase tax instead, without consultation. But I digress.

Vander Zalms typically sim-plistic analysis soon gave rise to another conspiracy theory. Thats the one that holds that the B.C. Liberals are dragging their feet on reinstating the old provincial sales tax so they can rake in added revenue for another 18 months. That would help repay the federal government $1.6 bil-lion for the transition fund that

helped B.C. institute the HST.The finance ministry provided

some details to get a better sense of the task ahead. First, there are 70,000 businesses in B.C.

that switched their accounting and point-of-sale sys-tems to the HST. Its not likely that they kept notes, hardware and software on hand in anticipation of having to switch back.

Then there are the roughly

1,000 businesses that start up each month in B.C. Assuming most of that continues, by the time the federal and provincial governments undo the HST in March 2013, there will be thou-sands of businesses that have no experience dealing with the

PST. Theyre in for an unpleasant surprise.

Heres one example. Smart Tax Alliance co-chair Mike Jagger got involved in the effort to defend the HST because of his experi-ence running a security company in Vancouver. Due to the ambig-uous nature of the PST rules, he got expert advice on how to pay the tax. Three different experts gave him three different answers.

You have probably heard by now that after the rejection of the HST by 55 per cent of voters, the PST is to be reinstated as it was before July 2010.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon vowed, I can assure British Columbians PST will not be applied to such items as restau-rant meals, bikes and gym mem-berships just as it was before the HST was introduced in B.C.

That sounds pretty definitive.

But Ive learned in the last two years that there is seldom a sim-ple answer with sales taxes.

For instance, should B.C. reduce tobacco taxes by seven per cent? Unless youre a smoker, you probably didnt notice that the HST raised the price of ciga-rettes by that amount. Tobacco was PST exempt, with the prov-ince historically having chosen to impose a separate sin tax instead.

Liquor taxes also went down under HST, from a 10-per-cent provincial tax to seven per cent. The B.C. government increased the Liquor Distribution Branch markup to hold onto the revenue, billing it as a policy move so as not to encourage drinking.

The hotel room tax also went down by a point under HST. Should that be raised? These are policy decisions that still must

be made, with the province still in deficit.

A correction to last weeks column: I referred to a PST reduc-tion for Toyota Prius hybrids, suggesting it would be restored.

In fact this tax break had a sunset clause, and would have expired in March 2011 in any case. B.C.s 2008 green budget brought in a series of PST incen-tives for fuel-efficient vehicles, from $1,000 to $2,000 depend-ing on how carbon-efficient they were. PST exemptions were also extended to Energy Star appli-ances.

The centerpiece of that budget was the carbon tax.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Invest in educationIts back to school week. Sort of.Because this first week of school will be unlike any other.Oh sure, kids and parents are being jolted out of their lazy

routines of summer to a new regime of early alarms, hasty breakfasts and packing lunches. Traffic in and around school zones is hectic, as parents drop off and retrieve their charges. School playgrounds, silent and mostly deserted for the past two months, are suddenly alive again with excited chatter and screeches as kids burn off the energy that builds up during long sessions cooped up in classrooms.

But beneath the facade, there is tension.In their bid to negotiate a new contract with the provincial

government, teachers are working to rule. That means theyre not attending staff meetings or communicating with their administrators. Theyre not keeping watch over the playgrounds during recess. Theyre not scheduling meetings with parents.

If the dispute carries on, the teachers say they wont produce report cards.

Given the gap between the demands of the B.C. Teachers Federation and the governments determination to hold the line on public sector wage increases, theres every indication the impasse will continue, even escalate.

Once again, kids are caught in the middle.The teachers say their demands arent just monetary; they want

to improve the quality of education theyre able to provide by having fewer students in every classroom and more services for children with special needs.

The government says it cant afford the teachers demands, monetary and otherwise. Yet it has no such concern about spending half a billion dollars on a retractable roof for BC Place Stadium, a facility many say was already obsolete years ago.

Quality education is too valuable a commodity to become a bargaining chip. An investment in kids today is an investment in the provinces future.

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Chilliwack Lake Road. When I used to say these words I would think of all the walking trails up the mountains and down to the water. The trail to ride quads and dirt dikes. Watching the fishermen. All the great things that people come to Chilliwack to do.

Now I say those words and I am sad.

Chilliwack Lake Road has been taken over by campers that camp on the side of the road.

It is my understand-ing that there is no overnight stays unless in a designated camp-ing site, which there are a few.

Yes, the camping upset me for many rea-sons. Walking trails are now blocked and can

not be used. The main reason is the things that are being left behind. The garbage. Not just paper plates and food wrapper but also broken glass and tree branch-es that have been cut down.

The worst is the human waste. Yes, the poop. Wherever you look all you see in toi-let tissue. I mean every-

where. I am wondering who is going to go and do the big clean up of these man-made camp-ing spots. The city?

Please, this has to stop. Place more signs up and down the road stating that there are no overnight camping unless in a designated camping site.

Tammy Charlie

Campbell to thank for changes

I want to thank a cyclist named Calvin (I think) who said he lives in Chilliwack.

He was behind Milestones in

Abbotsford, planning to do some trail biking. He found my son and his buddy there. My son had just broken his collarbone.

Calvin drove him to the hospital and waited with him in emergency until my mom arrived. (I was out of town at the time.)

Thank you, Calvin! You are an angel.

Danielle Osborne

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Thank you, Calvin. You are an angel

Re: Readers Write, Sept. 1, Stop Whining about HST loss by Ken Pugh.

Ken, please consider reality and facts before making com-ments. The HST referendum result is drastically short of what would have been needed to the kill the tax if former premier Campbell had not changed the threshold for success under the Recall and Initiative Act brought in under the former pro-vincial NDP government.

Under the initial rules, fight

HST would have needed 50 per cent of all eligible voters or about 1.5 million people to vote in favour of killing the tax for the HST to be scrapped.

If the rules had been applied, the Aug. 26, 2011 tally would have failed by more than 640,000 votes. Bill VanderZalm thanked former premier Campbell for these changes because if they were not made, there is no way the HST would have been defeat-ed.

Adrian Dix on the other hand,

has chosen not to comment on this topic as the old rules were initiated by the former NDP gov-ernment.

Dalton McGuinty, premier of Ontario who also brought in the HST on July 1, 2010, commented after the HST vote in B.C. that as steady as she goes, HST has stabilized the Ontario economy, more new jobs this year than the rest of Canada. We have the advantage.

Joe SawchukDuncan, B.C.

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The Friends of the Chilliwack Library, extend a big thank you to all the participants who entered our recent Photo Contest. It is wonderful to see so many people casting keen eyes around their surroundings, and snapping pic-tures to share their finds with others.

A big thank you to judges Barry Stewart, Jenna Hauck and Paul Henderson, all of whom have again taken on that task. Barry has volunteered to do the job since our first contest, and the others have joined the ranks over the past few years. To our judges, we truly appreciate your

giving of your time and expertise to help each year at this time.

Have you ever wondered how the judging is done for the FOCL photo contest? Each judge views all the categories and makes a decision as to which three pho-tos in each category are his/her favourites looking at all the important things that a photo-graph should have, plus what the photo says to the judge. Then the fun starts. The judges spread their personal favourites onto a table. If all three choose the same photo as a favourite, then things go smoothly. However, if all three choose different photos,

the dickering begins as to which photo should take precedence over another.

It certainly isnt easy, because being individuals, each judge has his/her own reason as to why choices are made. As a bystand-er, it is very interesting to hear how the winning decisions are made.

Thanks to everyone for taking part in 2011s photo contest. We hope to have entries from lots of amateur photographers again next year.

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RICH HISTORY. BRIGHT FUTURE.

In 1961, we were a handful of people gathered in a small Main Street storefront. Today, we are a large, established and healthy family of believers that do life together. Our stories are as unique as the different cultures and generations we come from, yet they share the same central theme: Jesus Christ is still transforming lives.

This fall, City Life Church (formerly Glad Tidings Fellowship) celebrates its 50th anni-versary. This signicant milestone marks half a century of inuence, leadership and ministry in this city and across the planet. We invite you to join us as we remember where weve been and honour our past, while looking with anticipation toward the next 50 years.

CELEBRATE WITH US.

Throughout this season, we will be celebrating in many different ways, beginning THIS SUNDAY with Church In The Park and culminating the weekend of November 18-20 with an evening banquet and a very special Sunday service. We invite any and all to join us, and especially those that have been connected to City Life Church in some way over the past years.

City Life Church will be launching two services starting in January 2012. Join us for either our 9 AM or 11 AM Sunday morning gatherings. Come early for a latte or a scone from our brand new coffee shop (opening November 2011).

In fty years of existence, weve had only two different lead pastors. Pastors Dave and Fran Huebert launched and led City Life Church for 36 years. Lorne and Linda Lueck are our current lead pastors and have led City Life Church for 13 years. We honour these couples for fty years of integrity, stability and wisdom.

City Life Church has always placed an emphasis on global missions work. For fty years we have sent and supported work in many countries. In the past ve years alone we have been involved in the Philippines, Brazil, Ghana, Paraguay, Mexico, Ukraine, Pakistan, Uganda, Vietnam, Romania, Haiti and more.

We changed our name for a reason. Were still the same church with the same leaders and values, but the deci-sion to change our name from Glad Tidings Fellowship to City Life Church is reective of our decision to become an even more integral part of the life of our city.

City Life Church has many different ministries that are impacting lives in Chilliwack. Visit our website to learn more about Highroad Academy, our K-12 school, the Masters Com-mission, our young adult leadership program, City Life Centre, our new city outreach ministry, or one of the many other areas were serving the people of our city.

We love to worship God. City Life Church has always had a strong emphasis on music, praise and worship. Our Sunday morning worship expresses timeless truths in a timely way by combining well-written music, well-trained musicians, modern tech-nology and a passion for Jesus Christ.

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As of Sept. 2011, Dr. Oostenbrink will be doing full-time Emergency and Dr. Grunow will be re-locating to Vancouver. They are delighted that Valley Family Practice will continue in their absence. Drs. Sean and Rosemarie Cambridge, both experienced and caring doctors, will be taking over the care of patients. They have re-located from Saskatchewan. Please welcome them to the wonderful, warm community of Chilliwack.

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The Valley Express weekend bus ser-vice from Chilliwack to Vancouver has been shut down by the B.C. government because of a misunderstanding over licensing.

We were made to believe the licence was dormant, company CEO Steve Voteary said Wednesday, and would require only a notice for re-activation.

But in fact, the licence had expired and last weekend the company was ordered by the transportation ministrys passen-ger transportation branch to cease and desist the bus service immediately.

Voteary said he hopes a new licence will be approved soon, and the company

can resume the weekend service in early October, and possibly offer a daily bus run to the Surrey SkyTrain station as well.

I dont foresee a problem getting the licence, he said.

Branch officials were not available for comment at press time Wednesday.

The weekend service that left down-town Chilliwack at 7:15 a.m. and arrived in downtown Vancouver at about 9 a.m., after a stop in Abbotsford, was a hit, according to riders who contacted The Progress

They offered a price of $7 one-way, and $10 return, a bargain compared to the alternative, said one rider, who also praised Valley Express for its convenient departure and arrival times and for the dependability of its service.

Voteary said he was also satisfied the

company had the ridership for a viable service, and the decision had been made to continue past its original Labour Day cut-off date.

We were constantly seeing ridership in the upper teens and lower twenties, he said. We were very excited.

But on the final weekend, the company received the notice to shut down the ser-vice because its licence had expired.

Voteary said officials at the passenger transportation branch apparently didnt see the companys notice to re-activate the licence, so the matter could have been dealt with earlier.

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Summer finally arrived in Chilliwack last month with many warm sunny days, says Roger Pannett, Environment Canadas volunteer weather observer in Chilliwack.

But there were only three really hot days in August, compared to the average seven, the lowest number in over 28 years, he said.

T e m p e r a t u r e s exceeded 30 degrees Celsius on only two days after mid-month.

However, the mean temperatures (the average of maximum and minimum) for August were above normal, Pannett said, a trend never previously having occurred since Chilliwack records

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third-driest August in Chilliwack for the past decade, with total rainfall 67 per cent lower than normal.

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three days when rain fell on Chilliwack, the least number of rainy days in August since 1998.

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A Chilliwack girl with disabilities is fundraising to support others with disabili-ties.

Destiny Page-Thom is campaigning for cash on behalf of Variety The Childrens Charity in the 10th annual Kids Coin Drive for Variety.

This is her first time fundraising for the cause.

Destiny has RETT syndrome, a progres-sive, neurological dis-order, as well as cere-bral palsy and other health issues. She is fully dependent in all her day-to-day activi-ties.

Variety has provided her family with a ramp and tie downs to make their van wheelchair accessible. The organi-zation has also helped with the purchase of a

wheelchair, specialized bed and orthotics.

Participating in this fundraiser is Destinys and her familys way of giving back.

The Kids Coin Drive for Variety is one of Varietys biggest fund-raisers. In nine years, the province-wide fundraiser has raised over $1.6 million.

All funds raised go towards helping kids in B.C. with special needs.

This year, 11 chil-dren with disabilities have joined the fund-raising initiative.

To assist them in their efforts, coin donation boxes are set up at Marketplace IGA and Bank of Montreal branches in Chilliwack.

For more informa-tion, visit the website www.kidscoindrive.ca

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The garden giants of spring colour are giv-ing way to their smaller cousins that actually repeat their perfor-mance year after year and leave a very soft footprint of dying and unsightly foliage. Yes, the big tulips, narcissus and hyacinths provide a great splash of colour and are important in the right locations, but minor bulbs offer us a subtle accompaniment to so many other spring plants and can make our gardens truly spec-tacular.

Snowdrops and cro-cuses are growing in popularity because they are old fashioned favou-rites and easy to plant. They perennialize read-ily almost anywhere in the garden to create an ever expanding display each year. The tiny yel-low buttercup-like win-ter aconite (Eranthis cilicica) is one bulb that sneaks ahead to bloom even before snowdrops. Its touch of yellow is a true spring inspiration during the cold grey months of January and February. It multiplies nicely among ground

covers but looks par-ticularly charming with dark ajugas, like Black Scallop, dark foliaged thymes and compact, almost black heucheras, like H. Obsidian.

In recent years, more varieties of grape hya-cinths (muscari) have been introduced into the marketplace than perhaps any other bulb. Blue is a refreshing con-trast colour for so many other plants and bulbs, especially those with golden or red foliage. There are some recent innovations that I think are truly spectacular. Muscari Mt. Hood has clear blue flowers with snowcapped white tops. In clusters they look sen-sational as do the simi-lar M. neglectum with their dark blue flowers rimmed in white. If you love a little perfume, the first yellow variety, M. Golden Fragrance, is quite an attention get-ter. These are all long blooming, mid-season varieties. There are a couple of quite pleasing later varieties. Muscari Plumosum is a very large blue flowered vari-ety that is very unique and M. comosum is a lavender coloured wispy variety that is

so late it blooms with the alliums. Muscari Valerie Finnis is a very unique soft blue that lifts any combination. All muscari need to be planted in groupings for the best effect, and they look great under-planted around dwarf forsythia and corylopsis (the variety well known as Buttercup Winter Hazel).

We love scillas in our own gardens simply because they bloom in May when most other bulbs are finished, pro-viding a refreshing lift. The blues are nice but I must admit that the white and pink Scilla campanulatas are fabu-lous. The pink, in par-ticular, adds a new and important colour to our gardens. They multiply well too and yes, they even have a perfume.

So many folks who ask for old fashioned English bluebells are not quite sure what to request in terms of get-ting the right bulb. Well, Scilla nutans is the true English bluebell that thrives best in light shade and blooms over a long period of time.

One personal favou-rite is the little bulb puschkinia. These tiny pure white bulbs with pin striped blue flowers are incredibly bright and cheery in March land-scapes. They look great with miniature yellow

daffodils or dwarf red tulips, and they bloom a long while. From a distance they look like soft blue clumps that spice up any border or rockery.

Alliums are such a treat in June and July gardens, adding anoth-er fresh look as sum-mer annuals get settled in. There are so many varieties but the yellow Allium moly luteum, the bell-like pink and fra-grant A. bulgarium and A. Drumstick (A. spha-erocephalum) are my favourite tiny flowered varieties. No garden should be without A. schubertii and A. chris-tophii for sheer wonder-ment of their intricately woven flower heads that last for weeks. Its okay to show off a little and no June garden should be without a few of the big guys like A. gigan-teum and the even larger A. Globemaster. They look magnificent blooming among var-iegated grasses like Miscanthus Variegatus and Phalaris Ferseys Form. They will also draw the most admiring comments about your garden.

These are just a few of the magical colours that could appear in your garden next spring and for many springs to come if you take a little time and effort to plant them this month.


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