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RCMP investigate serious stabbing

A 44-year-old Chilliwack man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening stab wounds Sunday.

RCMP were called to the 9300 block of Nowell Street at around 3 p.m. following reports from BC ambulance paramedics that a man had been stabbed.

Police quickly cordoned off the area as officers from the Chilliwack Serious Crime Unit supported by the General Investigation Support Team and the Lower Mainland Forensic Investigation Section began the initial phases of their investigation into the incident.

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect

“The investigation is in its early phases and officers are determin-ing if the incident was targeted,” said Cpl. Mike Rail.

Police are urging anyone with any information regarding this inci-dent to contact Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 or, should you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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They’re listed as the ‘Group of Five Chilliwack’ in the paperwork.

They will likely be among the first locally to welcome Syrian ref-ugees as a family group.

Chilliwack resident Marty van den Bosch, created his ‘group of five’ under the federal Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) Program. The other members include his wife, Kristy Van Den Bosch, mother-in-law Patsy Byers, and brother-in-law and sister-in-law Jason and Esther Byers of Agassiz.

They’re expecting a pre-screened family of four from Damascus to arrive in Chilliwack in about four to eight weeks from now.

“The community of Chilliwack has been tremendous in their support,” he said about the furi-

ous networking, and offers of goods and services, found on the Facebook page Chilliwack Refugees Support, and from Chilliwack Community Services.

Kristy van den Bosch said their group is excited to have been approved by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Matching Centre, which matches refugees cleared for resettlement with sponsors.

“I think it will be as rewarding for us, as it is for them,” she said.

Marty van den Bosch said he decided to do something after getting into an ideological debate about the Syrian crisis.

“What I noticed is that the antagonists tend to be quite vocal, but take little action.”

He was already contributing financially, but felt it wasn’t quite enough.

“I asked myself, what am I actu-ally doing about this?” van den

Bosch said.He started researching the

options. “What I found was those who

were in favour of helping the refu-gees were either doing nothing because they didn’t know what to do, or they felt intimidated because it seemed so monumental and overwhelming.”

They decided to form a Group of Five and move forward. The other options are going through a ‘sponsorship agreement holder’ or an organization like Mennonite Central Committee, for example.

“My goal in talking about this publicly is to move those who are paralyzed and doing nothing, into a group that takes action,” said van den Bosch. “This is not about us.”

It’s more about the process. “I want people to know what the

actual burden is to take a family out of hell and bring them here to start over.”

It’s easier than ever now in terms of the bureaucracy. Whereas under the Harper government the wait for a family to sponsor Syrian refugees could have taken sev-eral years, now in the wake of changes made to BVOR by the Trudeau government, the actual wait time has slashed a matter of months, once the paperwork is all approved.

“The process is not nearly as overwhelming as people might think,” said van den Bosch.

The figure of $27,000 for a fam-ily of four get bandied about, but he figures it will actually be less than that, and it works out to about $1400 per month to support the family.

“You don’t need to have the cash up front necessarily, although it doesn’t hurt,” he said.

One reason why it is doable is that Government of Canada will

Syrian family could be arriving within weeks

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Forensic investigators were still going through a Nowell Street residence on Tuesday.

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Countless valuables were stolen from Else Marie Kristiansen and her son on Dec. 27.

Hunting and fishing equipment, electronics and jewelry, were all snagged by thieves who busted in their front door while they were away. But among the items with hefty price tags were a few things nobody could put a price on.

The thieves stole her heart. When Kristiansen’s youngest

son, Steven, died at age 22 in a car crash, she had his remains divided and placed in three pewter hearts.

One was for her, and the other two were for Steven’s older brothers.

They each were placed in their own small velvet boxes which close with a brass clasp. Else kept her heart on a shelf, alongside a hand-carved box filled with Steven’s gui-tar picks. Also on the shelf was a wicker basket, where she has kept what little change he’d had when he died.

“Anything that he would have touched,” she says, is what she kept close to her. And the pewter heart is something she would hold when she needed to be near him.

The heart fits nicely inside two hands, and has been a source of

comfort for the last five and a half years.

The back is sealed with an emblem with his name — Steven Quinn Kristiansen and the logo for the Bakerview Crematorium and Celebration Centre.

Of all the things she would like to have replaced, that pewter heart is the most important.

She is appealing to whoever has this heart, be it the thief or some-one else, to please return it.

In the meantime, she’s bor-rowing one of the two remaining hearts for comfort.

“It’s a keepsake, you sit and hold it when you need to,” she says.

Why anyone would want it is beyond her imagination. She assumes whoever took it assumed it was a jewelry box.

Steven died on his 22nd birth-day, alongside his friend Kaleb Jack, in Mission. Steven had grad-uated from Mission secondary and planned to join the RCMP.

Anyone with information about the robbery, on Dec. 27 near Yale Road and Broadway, or the where-abouts of the heart, is asked to call the Chilliwack RCMP non-emer-gency line at 604-792-4611.

Above all, Kristiansen is hoping whoever has the heart will drop it off at the police station.

Grieving Chilliwack mother seeks son’s stolen remains

Produce price crunch has shoppers looking for optionsJessica PetersThe Progress

When word got out on Monday morning that Kin’s Farm Market was selling cauli-flower for about $2 a head, local shoppers made a run for the Sardis store.

But by early afternoon, the produce store was fresh out of the vegetable.

Store manager Phuong Tran said they planned the sale over the weekend, and were shocked by the response.

“I did not expect it to be such a sensation like that,” he said. “We simply tried our best to locate a good deal and pass it on to our customers.”

Tran is obviously pleased with the result, but not every seller has been able to pass on such good deals. Cauliflower made headlines across the country last week, with prices reportedly as high as $8 or $10 a head.

There’s a number of rea-sons for the high cost of fresh produce these days, with the weather and the Canadian dol-lar both main factors. California experienced a drought this year, which brought production and quality down. And when the supply goes down the price goes up, especially in the case of fresh, perishable foods.

Richard Procee, owner of Hofstede’s, says the dropping dollar isn’t helping matters. Canadian sellers buying from American growers are paying higher prices than they have

in years. To avoid paying high prices

for produce, look for as much locally grown, in season pro-duce as possible. So called “win-ter vegetables” in B.C. include broccoli, Brussel sprouts, car-rots, kale, leeks, turnips, rose-mary, squash, cabbage, spin-ach and bok choi.

Cauliflower is in season from mid-summer until about November, depending on the growing season. The demand of cauliflower is the highest over the Christmas holidays, Procee says, when people all

over North America are buy-ing.

It’s a favourite, like broccoli. And that’s why it’s made so many headlines the last few weeks.

“You never hear anyone com-plaining about the price of rad-ishes,” he says. “They just don’t have the same appeal.

But the rising price of some foods shouldn’t keep people from eating a well-balanced, healthy diet, he says. When you see your favourite vegeta-ble rise in price, it’s a good time to explore new recipes with

vegetables you may be unfamil-iar with.

“Google some new recipes,” he says. “Have some fun with it.”

With the holiday season over, he assures that the pric-es of cauliflower, broccoli and lettuce should start dropping again soon.

Shoppers can pick up “zuc-chini, cabbage, roots, beets, potatoes, parsnips, onions, all those things that are survive our climate well,” he adds.

“It’s a great time to experiment.”

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Next year’s school calendar is up for discussion for the next few weeks, prior to being submitted to the province for approval.

The school district is hoping to hear feedback from parents, employees and the general public on the 2016-2017 calendar, which will again include a two-week spring break.

The break is divided into a one week “spring break” and a one week “spring vacation,” that run consecutively from March 13 to March 24. Easter weekend in 2017 is April 14 to 17.

During one of the weeks the students are away, teachers will be attending their BCTF Annual General Meeting.

The proposed calendar is online until Feb. 12, with a form for feedback. The public’s comments will be compiled and presented to the school board at their Feb. 23 meeting, and a final calendar will be sub-mitted to the ministry of education.

The calendar will also require a let-ter of understanding with the Chilliwack Teachers Association. With the proposed calendar, elementary teachers will have 25.83 weekly instructional hours, slightly above the 25 hours set out in their collec-tive agreement.

The same LOU would include an oppor-tunity for teachers on call to attend the two curriculum implementation days, with a budget consideration of $60,000.

A second LOU is also being request-ed between the district and CUPE, “in order to avoid loss of annual pay” for their 10-month employees. The five extra days of spring break that brings those workers below the 10-month requirement would be made up with the approval of each school’s administration. The budget consideration for the agreement is $292,000.

Chilliwack’s school board has communi-cated with other Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver districts to align the spring break.

The calendar offers slightly more than the ministry required hours of instruc-tion, over 180 instructional days. There are also six non-instructional days, and an additional curriculum implementation day.

District looks for feedback on 2016-17 calendarA two-week spring break among the recommendations

Surveillance video surfaces of car jack suspectPolice are asking for

help to identify a car jacking suspect who got away after a taxi robbery in Chilliwack last sum-mer.

The cab driver called in the incident on Aug. 9 after being robbed by a fare.

The taxi driver said he picked up the suspect at Williams and Yale and drove him as requested to Shaw Avenue. The male fare pulled out a knife before ordering the driver out of the

vehicle before driving away with the cab.

The taxi company tracked the stolen taxi by GPS to Luckakuck Way.

General Duty officers backed up by the police dog service raced to the scene where they found the stolen taxi aban-doned under the railway overpass.

Police spread out to search the area, col-lecting evidence they believed was linked to the crime scene but did

not find the suspect.Officers also watched

security surveillance video canvassed from local businesses.

“During the view-ing of the surveillance systems we discovered an image of the person suspected to have com-mitted the reported rob-bery,” said RCMP Const. Martin Godard (GIST) of Chilliwack RCMP.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, about 25, clean shaven, with short

brown hair, wearing a grey Under Armour hoodie, jeans and white shoes.

“Police are asking for the public’s assistance to identify the male from an image recorded by a security camera on August 9 whom, we believe, is associated with the incident,” said Cpl. Mike Rail.

Anyone with infor-mation to this incident is urged to contact the Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 or, to remain

anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

One of three pewter hearts containing remains of Steven Kristiansen.

There’s no need to stop eating fresh produce this winter, due to rising prices. Instead, purchase in-season fruits and vegetables and experiment with new recipes. JESSICA PETERS/ PROGRESS

Suspect in stolen taxi cab case.


A fire that broke out in an apartment’s parkade was quickly knocked down by fire crews in Chilliwack’s downtown Friday morn-ing.

Crews responded to calls to a building on McIntosh Drive at about 2 a.m. Jan. 15. Heavy black smoke was billowing from the parkade of the three story residential build-ing.

Residents were evac-

uated and there were no injuries in the fire. Once the firefighters gained access to the parkade, they were able to quickly suppress the fire. There was damage to two of the vehicles, and the building sus-tained smoke damage

in the parkade and on the exterior siding on one side.

Everyone was able to return to their apart-ments later in the morning, and the fire is under investigation by the Chilliwack Fire Department and the RCMP.

If anyone has any information about this fire, they are asked to call the RCMP at 604-792-4611 or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.chilliwack-crimestoppers.ca


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Premier Christy Clark told a technol-ogy conference in Vancouver Monday an introduction to coding option will be available in some schools start-ing next September. It is expected to be avail-able across the province within three years, and Clark said her goal is to make it mandatory for all students entering school.

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“It’s really a ques-tion of time more than money,” said van den Bosch. “They’re com-ing over with next to nothing but a suitcase.”

Sure there are five sets of forms to fill out, and the need to show financial solvency, Canadian citizenship, and a lack of criminal records — but it wasn’t too much beyond that. They also have to pro-vide accommodations, food, and other resourc-es. He likened the appli-cation process to going for a car loan.

They want the Syrian family to be given a chance to thrive in Chilliwack — not just

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a community. I think that’s an ingredient for overall success. Ultimately, I hope this leads to several families coming here,” said van den Bosch.

They’ll get about 10 days notice before their family boards a plane. They are currently in Amman, Jordan, wait-ing to be processed for travel.

The local sponsors know they’re in for some challenges. Not the least of which the Syrian family, with two parents and two boys, speak mainly Arabic.

“I definitely think the language barrier will be a challenge,” said mem-ber of the group, Jason Byers.

The plan is to take advantage of English as a Second Language courses, and the resources of the Chilliwack Islamic Centre.

“Luckily we’re a family that is good at charades,” said group member and grand-mother Patsy Byers.

But the idea to help a family, as a family, was

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“It was a no-brainer,” said Esther Byers.

The group of five feels pretty fortunate that they have the means to do this.

“I think it can only add to our lives,” said Grandma Byers. “How brave it is for a family to be uprooted and then head halfway across the world. We’d only hope that someone would do that for us if the tables were turned.”

There might be some pockets of fear lingering in the community about

the idea of an influx of refugees.

But van den Bosch is not worried in the slightest.

“Maybe eight fami-lies in all will be coming to Chilliwack,” he said.

So 30 or 50 refugees integrating into a city of almost 100,000 is not dramatic.

“Are you even going to notice them? There is a lot of opportunity to diversify our commu-nity.

“I totally believe that’s a good thing,” said van den Bosch.

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Group of Five Chilliwack (L to R): Patsy Byers, Martin van den Bosch, Kristy van den Bosch, Esther Byers, and Jason Byers, and their children.

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The level one apprenticeship credential and 4,000 work hours in a trade make them eligible for level two, when students can enrol in a Red Seal trade program such as carpentry or plumbing.

Families can learn fun ways to get fit and healthy in the free MEND program start-ing Jan. 21.

MEND (mean-ing Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) is a ten-week, family-based program to encourage children aged 7 to 13 and their families to become healthier and more active together.

This YMCA program facilitates safe, effec-

tive and long-lasting changes by improving children’s physical activ-ity levels, nutrition and self-esteem.

Since its launch in B.C. in 2013, MEND has had great success in reducing children’s screen time, improv-ing healthy eating hab-its, increasing physical activity and improving confidence.

The fun and inter-active program also

facilitates a network of friends for children and parents who can keep each other motivated.

The twice-weekly sessions start Jan. 21 at the Neighbourhood Learning Centre (46361 Yale Road).

Contact Kristi at 604-845-4361 or [email protected] to inquire about the pro-gram or to register.

Visit www.vanymca.org/health/mend to learn more.

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PointsProgressThe ChilliwackThe Chilliwack Progress is published by Black Press Group Ltd., every Wednesday

and Friday at 45860 Spadina Ave., Chilliwack. The Progress is a member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, British Columbia and Yukon Community Newspaper Association and B.C. Press Council.

Dollar’s ups and downsCurrency watchers likely cringed in recent days when the Canadian

dollar dipped below 70 cents against the U.S. greenback, its lowest point in almost 12 years.

So what does that mean to the rest of us? Will our groceries get more expensive, given that much of our fresh food comes from south of the border at this time of year, not to mention the raft of packaged goods that originate out of the U.S.?

The unfortunate part is that few of us will ever know to what level price increases are due to our currency value or other factors, such as drought in California, the variable costs such as labour or simply gouging.

While it has felt good to be paying lower prices for gas in recent days, those cost savings are being swallowed up by incrementally higher prices for other regularly purchased goods.

Readers will likely remember not so long ago when the Canadian dollar climbed well above the level of its U.S. counterpart. It reached an all-time high of close to $1.10 back in 2007. But did our cost of living go down? Not much.

We recall conversations about the cost of books, for example, which have both Canadian and U.S. prices printed on them. People argued that with a stronger loonie, such items should be priced closer to par. No such luck, as publishing houses in the U.S. chose to simply wait things out until the situation evened itself out. Similar situation with winter fruits and vegetables – the selling price for which didn’t come down to reflect the change in the value of our currency.

In our 2016 reality, border-community residents – many of whom routinely cross the line for lower U.S. prices – are likely thinking twice now that the savings are negligible, if in fact a reality. And Canadian holiday-goers who don’t have seasonal lodging in the States are now hesitant about heading south.

The Canadian dollar has rebounded from its previous depths. But with consumers struggling to keep pace with inflation these days, the timing of this latest dollar dive doesn’t help.

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VICTORIA – In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems rel-atively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal government and seeking opti-mism in these fragile times.

For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-com-mercial projects emerge from bed-rock, and hardhats are mostly on construction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politicians.

Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emis-sions, plus work on ferries, tug-boats and barges.

Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest

total for building permits in his-tory, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching the pre-recession peak of 2007.

Thousands of provincial employ-ees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast eco-nomic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technolo-gist and $346 for a teacher.

Health care costs are rising less dramatically. That should ease the crisis atmosphere at provin-cial and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding for-mula, taking place this week in Vancouver.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week that the province is increasing funding for

a promising program in cancer research, using genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.

The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, oncologist Dr. Janessa Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, director of the agency’s Genome Science Centre, described a world-leading centre of research that is reaching out to specialists and their patients across the province and attracting international funding and talent for ground-breaking research.

Outside the urban regions, where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find. The min-ing and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine closures expected.

The forest industry is being

helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to have another strong year as Americans take advantage of a discount on visits to B.C.

Central 1 Credit Union broke down the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo. Province-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oil-dependent economy, it’s pretty good.

Construction of a new dam on the Peace River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing work-ers home from Alberta, and the federal government is planning to fast-track its promised infra-structure spending to create work across the country.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill

Bennett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the stock exchange with B.C. mining industry representatives.

Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor luncheon included reference to two more mines under construction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue sharing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces.

The Conference Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declin-ing in 2016.

We’re at the mercy of glob-al forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Family grateful for supportThe Murphy family wishes

to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone for the cards, food, donations, prayers, masses, sup-port and love.

Psalm 106:1: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.

A very special thank you to:Mountain Pacific Mechanical IncJim’s PizzaGold Rush Pub Hope Post OfficeChilliwack Fountain TireSt. Mary’s ParishWillingdon ChurchMount Cheam Lions ClubEvans Elementary School

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Jim is continuing to improve and is home with his family in this long road to recovery. We are overwhelmed with the con-tinued support from our fam-ily, friends and the communi-ties of Hope and Chilliwack and beyond.

We would like to thank all who have and continued to donate blood. What you are really doing when you donate is giving life. You have it in you to give!

Much love and thanks,Jim, Lori, Abbie, Karlie, Katie and

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Re: Courtney Saunders, Rules of the road bor-ing, but safe (Progress letters, Jan. 15).

I’m not sure if you gave one minute of sane, sound thought to your timing of your letter. Do you actually think the families of the young men really need to read your pious, holier than thou letter?

Did you even think how it would make the families feel? Didn’t think so. You wanted to be the one to stand on your soap box and preach the rules of the road, as if no one, including young drivers, did not know the rules.

You are not aware of the entire details of the unfortunate incident. The families need support for their loss not “rules of the road” reminders. Get over yourself.

Karen Bradwell

This letter is a missive to Mrs. Courtney Saunders, whom may have learned safe driving tips in her 50 years behind the wheel, but unfor-tunately it is clear by her letter, published Jan. 15, that she failed to learn basic compassion and empathy, and possibly regard for human life.

The whole community is reeling from the senseless deaths of two local teens while 4x4ing, and I personally find it quite atrocious a 66+ year old woman would plainly and openly dismiss their lives by writing a letter describing how she has survived half a century behind the wheel.

Take your skills to driving school, Courtney, but don’t preach in the newspaper to countless people touched by this tragedy with such an emotionless ‘tips’ checklist.

Mike Castle

Families need support Letter out of line

Forests need better managementAccording to Tom Fletcher,

“an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, appar-ently coordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley (Avatar Sequel Bombs in Walbran, B.C. Views, Jan 13).

He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save the some of the last significant stands of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely independent.)

Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him

as Teal Jones’ willing stenogra-pher, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points. Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and eco-logically acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and destroy complex, delicate eco-systems. Sierra Club BC doesn’t, and nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support con-certed action to defend endan-gered old-growth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.

British Columbians know that these things form the life-support system of our planet and sup-port long-term prosperity and a

diverse economy, including sus-tainable second-growth forestry for current and future genera-tions. A growing list of indepen-dent reports from B.C.’s Auditor General, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.

It’s long past time for the pro-vincial government to reverse the damage done when it gut-ted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting cor-porate interests to manage our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.

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Jackie Allen has always been a voracious reader.

Even as a young child, she says, breakfast offered the chance to read over the cereal boxes, or anything else on the table. As an adult, she devoured fiction novels for years, and then began read-ing more and more in her role at work.

Now, Allen says, she reads to learn.

And she had the chance to share her love of reading, and learning, in a community art proj-ect currently underway at the Chilliwack Library. While drop-ping off some materials at the downtown location, she noticed textiles and sculpting artist Sylvie Roussel-Janssens set up in the entrance, and stopped to chat.

It’s exactly what Roussel-Janssens was there for. To meet the people of Chilliwack, talk to them about their love of reading, and have them help put togeth-er a small art installment to be placed in the window.

Allen wrote “I read to learn” on a piece of paper, a piece of the puzzle to be used later on. Then, Roussel-Janssens traced Allen’s hand on a square of fabric wrapped around a metal frame.

In total, she’s creating 18 squares to fill the space of one of the library’s main front win-dows. They will be a patchwork of the contributors’ hands and quotes, on the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s colours. True to Roussel-Janssens’ style, the fabric pieces will be burned with a soldering iron, so light can shine through and illuminate the entire completed piece.

It’s a labour of love, and the multi-step process is one she’s been working on for the past 15 years.

There are a lot of small tasks within the project, from creat-ing the squares from recycled or unused materials, to meeting with the public and gathering the quotes and hand silhouettes, to burning the fabric, then building the piece, and finally, illuminat-ing it.

Allen was familiar with Roussel-Janssens’ work, and eager to be a part of the piece. For those unfa-miliar, and anyone who is inter-

ested in the artistic process, she will be returning to the library for three more sessions, to create this community piece of art in a very accessible, public way.

It’s not the first time she’s cre-ated public art, and this won’t be the last. This project was Roussel-Janssens’ idea, and she eagerly approached the library to see if they were interested. Other times, the artist may answer a public call out for submissions.

But however the project comes about, there is one consistent necessity.

“You have to find a purpose or a context,” she said “And find-ing that is part of the creative process.”

To watch Sylvie Roussel-Janssens work on the project, visit the Chilliwack Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 21, 28 or Feb. 4.

Visual artist Sylvie Roussel-Janssens is bringing something special the the Chilliwack Library, and she’s calling on the public for some help. JESSICA PETERS/ THE PROGRESS

Artwork helps shine a light on literacy Zaac Pick takes on a weighty subject

Zaac Pick returns to the Acoustic Emporium on Jan. 22.

The Vancouver-based singer-songwriter will be bringing his first full-length album Constellations (2015) to the stage. In his biography, he describes the album as an exam-ination of the mysterious gravity that draws us together and pulls us apart.

The cin-ematic folk album was written and r e c o r d e d over nearly two years, across five provinces, a l l o w i n g each track to naturally ripen and grow in the studio.

Earlier in the year he released the four-track Whitewater EP (2015), following his debut Fierce Wind EP six years prior.

Check him out on YouTube for a preview of his compelling lyrics, beautiful string arrangements and catchy melodies.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door of the Acoustic Emporium (45892 Wellington Avenue).

A whole new perspective on motherhood: Suddenly Mommy!The Chilliwack Arts

& Cultural Centre will jump into the first show of the 2016 Fringe Series with a heavy dose of total hilarity and maternal reality this month.

Anne-Marie Scheffler brings her one-woman exposé of the reality of parenting - Suddenly Mommy! - to Chilliwack on Jan. 30 and 31.

A show that reveals Anne Marie’s perspec-tive of juggling show-biz glamour with prep-ping dinner, Suddenly Mommy! is the ultimate comedy show for any-body who has faced the wonders, joys, and sleepless nights that

define motherhood. A professional come-

dian and writer, Anne Marie Scheffler was the career-minded comic that toured from Toronto to Los Angeles and everywhere in between – that was until she had kids. A few years of riding the rollicking roller-coaster of motherhood later, and Scheffler feared she’d never see the light of day again. But one day she had momentous realization that changed her life forever.

“Suddenly Mommy!came from a very spe-cific moment” Scheffler says. “I was pushing

along my two year old in the stroller, and my four year old was run-ning along next to me, and I just started laugh-ing about how suddenly you become a mommy, and how much mate-rial there was there for a great comedy show. I was a professional comedian before hav-ing kids – I had my own special on CTV – and I just thought ‘if I could do it before having kids, why not after?’”

C o m b i n i n g Schef fler’s unique parenting experience – juggling a baby in one hand and a movie script in the other - with her incredible com-

edy chops, Suddenly Mommy expresses a riotous perspective of modern motherhood; proving it’s not all doing dishes and folding laun-dry.

“I think there’s a real traditional sense of what a mother is like” says Scheffler. “You know, she’s wearing an apron, she’s really good at baking cookies, she has such a talent in the kitchen; she’s a mom. And that’s so funny because I don’t think a lot of us are that at all.

“When I came to motherhood, I was like gee, that’s weird - I didn’t wake up knowing how to cook a turkey!”

So for a no-holds barred insight into what being a mom is really all about, join Anne Marie Scheffler when she puts motherhood under the microscope this Jan. 30 and 31 with Suddenly Mommy! Guys, you’ll find it just as funny (and perhaps a little informative) as the ladies, so there’s no excuse for not making it… unless you’re baby-sitting of course.

Tickets are $25 and are available at The Centre Box Office, visit www.chilliwackcultur-alcentre.ca or call 604-391-SHOW(7469) for more information. Anne Marie Scheffler in Suddenly Mommy.

Zaac Pick plays the Acoustic Emporium on Jan. 22.

Sam BatesThe Progress

The Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra (CSO) will soon be accepting auditions for their annual Piano Extravaganza.

What was once only open to Chilliwack residents back in 2011, now welcomes anyone in the Lower Mainland who wishes to demonstrate their talents at the keys.

“We want to create interest and enthusiasm in live music performance opportunities with our orchestra, so we are reaching out further,” said CSO Conductor Paula DeWit.

Candidates will vie for the opportunity to perform on stage

at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre with the orchestra musicians as they mark the end of the CSO season in May.

Successful candidates will join feature pianists Clinton and Erica Denoni. Audiences and piano students will be familiar with this high-energy, exciting musical couple.

All interested piano players or students are invited to prepare a piece to perform at the upcom-ing auditions. Duets are also wel-come.

Piano Extravaganza auditions will be held at: • Langley Community Music School (4899 207 St) on Jan. 29,• Central Valley Academy of Music (3471 Clearbrook Rd) on

Jan. 30,• Chilliwack Cultural Centre (9201 Corbould St) on Jan. 30.

Application forms can be picked up at any of the three audition locations, or download-ed from chilliwacksymphony.com. Candidates will schedule an audition time with DeWit once their application is submitted.

The deadline for applications is Jan. 23. A $30 audition fee must be enclosed.

Selected candidates will per-form their auditioned piece with the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra at Piano Extravaganza on May 21.

Learn more at chilliwacksym-phony.com or by calling the CSO office at 604-795-0521.


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Street, offering a fresh look at florals. After 40 years in the floral industry, head

designer Dave Alger has seen and arranged it all. But he decided right from the beginning that he would be a leader rather than a follower with his designs.

“You need to keep it interesting, and you need to keep it fresh and alive,” he said.

Fresh is certainly the perfect way to describe this shop. You can feel it in the air, and catch its scent from the moment you walk in. The displays of flowers over the signature antique pianos and reclaimed furniture pieces are constantly changing. Each of the expertly sculpted floral arrangements, even down to the vases that contain them, are intricate and unique.

Growing up in Sidney B.C., Dave first became interested in florals as a youth. “I’d go out into the woods and pick whatever I could find, for church displays,” he said. His interest carried him to the shop window of a local florist, where he would watch and learn, intrigued by her expertise.

As a teen, he landed his first job as a designer at that same shop, earning just $1 an hour. But it wasn’t long before he was ready for a shop of his own.

Dave built up a strong reputation as a trendsetter in the floral industry, owning and working in a variety of flower shops across the Lower Mainland over the years. Today, he’s well-prepared to take on any challenge that Chilliwack customers present to him, but he doesn’t do it alone.

“It’s a family endeavour,” he said of the new shop. Offering more than fresh flowers, the shop also sells Laura’s handmade greeting cards, Marion’s knit accessories, and Dave’s quilts. Dave and Marion’s son-in-law Adam handles their social media presence, and their three granddaughters have fun putting together displays in the store.

Did I Mention Flowers can craft something beautiful and eye-catching for any budget, whether you’re looking to deck out a party venue, or find the perfect little hostess gift.

“I’m always looking for something

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Oh, 2016. As we wel-come the new year we begin the annual ritual of setting new goals for the months ahead. I often contemplate the merit of this process, and I ask myself why I need this restart? Perhaps it is my lack of imagina-tion, but I sup-pose it’s getting our lives back on the track we wish for them to be on.

So with this in mind I challenge you to not only look at the imple-mentation of change in your own life, but also to look to those things in your community that you deem important. Consider how you may be a part, however small, of moving these priorities forward in your evenings, weekends, and days off, this year.

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of my new years musing. And so we embark.

I see this year as the year of the trail. The year that Chilliwack comes into its long awaited iden-tity as a wilderness play-ground, as a mountain community of healthy living people who are clear headed from mountain air and brisk strides on dirt trails. All of this is not to say that I fail to recognize all of the efforts made in the past to forward this agenda. However, I would be remiss if I did not articulate that I believe that there is a palpable change in the winds. That our current momentum in this arena is reaching a fever pitch that we have not seen before in Chilliwack and her surrounds.

I am a firm believer that the journey is never over, that the trail will always continue before us. And in the light I believe that we all have a new role to play in 2016. Will you step up and get involved? Will you answer a call to help out in the building of our Community Forest, or on a new section of bike trails on Vedder Mountain or adopt a city park for you and your family to look after? These are the kinds of actions that I speak of when I envision a com-munity all pulling in the same direction. What power we have as a col-

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Two GW Graham teammates will be re-united this fall on the frozen turf of Edmonton’s Foote Field.

Emerson Smith made his univer-sity choice official Monday, signing a letter of intent for the University of Alberta.

Recruited as a defensive back, Smith will share the Golden Bear backfield with Treyvon Walsh.

Walsh graduated from GWG last year, red-shirted with Alberta this season and helped convince his for-mer Grizzly teammate that Alberta was the place to be.

“Him being there played into it quite a bit because I really wanted to go somewhere where I knew some-one and felt a little more comfort-able,” Smith said.

Smith visited the Alberta campus two weeks before the Christmas break, and the two hung out.

“He talked about how much (head coach) Chris Morris, and all of his coaches care about the players,” Smith said.

Smith is likely to follow the same path Walsh did, red-shirt-ing his first year.

R e d - s h i r t i n g means withdrawing from collegiate com-petition for a year to focus on skill devel-opment.

Doing so gives Walsh and Smith an extra year at the end of their college eligibility.

“Treyvon said he actually enjoyed red-shirting. It allowed him to devel-op a little bit more and get a bet-ter feel for college football,” Smith said. “I’d be fine with red-shirting. Wherever they feel they need me.”

Smith had choices.A few solid programs showed inter-

est, and he said the toughest part was phoning coaches to tell them he was going elsewhere.

“They were all great schools and I would have been happy to go to any of them, so it was one of the tough-est choices I’ve ever had to make,” Smith said. “All of them would have provided a good education and great football. It was really hard saying no to the other schools.”

But he also got to make the one happy call to Morris.

“I really like him. He’s a great guy who cares about his players and looks after them,” Smith said. “He picked me up from the airport and made Alberta feel comfortable as soon as I got there.”

“He made me feel like I was already part of the team.”

Morris enjoyed a solid 14 year career as an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.

From 1992 through 2005 he played for the Edmonton Eskimos, winning

three Grey Cup titles.Morris told Smith he doesn’t

recruit a lot of players. The ones he does bring in are the ones he believes will develop and contribute to the pro-gram’s success.

Morris took over at Alberta follow-ing the 2012 season, inheriting an 0-8 team.

The Golden Bears went 0-8 again in 2013, 3-5 in 2014 and 2-6 in 2015.

The team hasn’t won a conference title since 1981 and it’s 35 years and counting since Alberta’s last national championship.

“They went through a really rough patch there, but I think Chris is doing good things with the program and we’re going to do good things in the years to come,” Smith said. “I’d rather be part of building something than jump into a ready-made winner.”

“I think you get more a team men-tality, an under-dog mentality than you would jumping into a Vanier Cup program.”

Off the field, Alberta is ranked a bit higher than some of Smith’s other options in education and proximity to home was another factor.

“Being closer to my family was important,” he noted. “Being an hour plane-ride away is nice as opposed to Carleton, where it’s expensive and I’d be flying all day.”

“The campus was beautiful too, probably the nicest I saw with lots of older brick build-ings.”

“Really nice.”There is a sense of relief and

excitement now that the recruiting process is over.

“Once I told Chris I was going there and told the other coaches I wasn’t go to their schools, that’s when I really felt a sense of relief,” Smith said. “The recruiting process was a lot, obviously. It was stressful, but it was fun too.”

“You only get to do that once in your life, and I’d say it was a cool experience.”

● Ex-Grizzly receiver Jake Creasey offered his congratulations on Facebook.

Creasy plays at the University of Manitoba and said the following:

“Hope you like it in Alberta. I’ll be seeing you on the field, along with Treyvon Walsh. Well, I should say you’ll be seeing me running past you to score a TD. Can’t wait to play against you guys!”

Another Grizzly alum, Diego Pineda, will suit up for the Regina Rams.

Find Golden Bears football info at athletics.ualberta.ca/teams/bears-football and track CIS news at eng-lish.cis-sic.ca/sports/fball/index.

Smith commits to Golden Bears

Emerson Smith will trade GW Graham blue for University of Alberta green this fall as he joins the CIS football ranks. ERIC WELSH/ PROGRESS

A former Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman is dead, the victim of an a suspected murder-suicide in Geneseo, NY.

Matthew Hutchinson and two others were found early Sunday morning in a home near the campus of the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Hutchinson, a 24 year old who spent part of the 2011-12 BCHL season in Chilliwack, was a fourth-year blueliner for the SUNY Geneseo Knights hockey team.

Hours before his life ended, the Nor th Vancouver native had an assist on the game winning goal as his team beat Franklin Pierce University 6-2.

Hutchinson was a volunteer firefighter who was majoring in geography and minor-ing in business studies.

Details of the tragedy emerged Monday after authorities held a press conference.

Colin Kingston, 24 years old, is alleged to have killed Hutchinson and 21 year old Kelsey Annese with a knife before turning the weapon on himself.

Kingston was appar-ently upset because a relationship with Annese had ended.

Before taking his own

life, Kingston called his father to tell him what he’d done.

The father then called 9-1-1.

Hutchinson was in Chilliwack for 42 games during the team’s first season back, dealt to the Chiefs by the Coquitlam Express in late October, 2011.

The picture to the left is from his time in Chilliwack.

He also played BCHL games for the Quesnel Millionaires and Surrey Eagles.

“The BCHL is offering its most heartfelt sympathies to

the friends and family of Matthew Hutchinson,” league spokesman Brent Mutis wrote in a news release. “Hutchinson had many friends across the BCHL. He is remem-bered by coaches and teammates alike for his outgoing personal-ity, ready smile and for the positive impact he made for his team and on those around him.”

“We are deeply sad-

dened to hear the news of Matthew’s passing,” added BCHL commis-sioner John Grisdale. “He was a hockey player that worked extremely hard to earn the opportunities he got in the game. His former

coaches and teammates remember him fondly and I know he will be missed.”

The Chiefs will have a moment of silence before their next home game, against Surrey on Jan. 30.


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The Chilliwack Chiefs got an unexpect-ed weekend off when their Saturday night game was postponed. The Victoria Grizzlies couldn’t get off the Island when their bus broke down.

The game is being re-scheduled to a later date.

By the time they play again, the Chiefs will be a well-rested crew with 11 days off between games.

They’re in Trail Thursday night to start a three-games-in-three-nights trip through the Interior conference.

After leaving Trail, Chilliwack will move on to Penticton for a Friday night clash with the Vees.

They’ll visit the West Kelowna Warriors Saturday and don’t play at home again until Jan. 30 when they host the Surrey Eagles.

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Coming off an upset loss to the UNBC Timber wolves on Friday, Kayli Sartori and the University of the Fraser Valley women’s

basketball team weren’t about to let it happen again – especially not in Al Tuchscherer’s 500th game as head coach of the Cascades.

Canada West scoring leader and Chilliwack native Sartori was a force of nature Saturday night, scoring a game-high 24 points in UFV’s 83-56 victory at the Envision Athletic Centre.

UFV shot 41.5 per cent from the floor and drew free throws at will. They took an eye-popping 39 free throws, with Sartori (12-for-13) and Taylor Claggett (9-for-12) leading the charge as the Cascades shot 82.1 per cent from the charity stripe.

They held the T-Wolves to 29.2 per cent shooting from the field, and out-rebound-ed the visitors 46-37.

“I told him (Tuchscherer) when we were walking out of the locker room (before the game) that there was no way we were losing,” Sartori revealed afterward. “We were going to get it done, and

we were going to get it done pretty. And that’s what we did. It was an awesome night, it really was.

The Cascades opened a 22-15 lead at the end of the first quarter behind seven points from Sartori and two three-pointers from Chilliwack’s Kaitlyn McDonald, including a buzzer-beater.

They led 40-28 at half-time.

Five quick points from Claggett and another trey by McDonald constituted an 8-0 run late in the third quarter, pushing the lead to 25 points (61-36) and essentially draining any suspense from the proceedings.

Katie Brink made a major impact off the bench for the Cascades, posting 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting with seven rebounds. Claggett fin-ished with 11 points, and McDonald, Shayna Cameron (Chilliwack) and Sydney Williams had nine points apiece.

“This was a nice bounce-back, for sure,” Tuchscherer said. “And then to do it on a night like tonight, that was nice. It’s always nice to get a win, and it was a little bit of a milestone for our program, and that’s pretty cool.”

Tuchscherer has helmed the Cascades since 2002, and helped the program make the transition from Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) into Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) in 2006.

He’s built the Cascades into a strong program in the Canada West conference, going to four straight Canada West Final Fours between 2011 and 2014, and winning the CIS national bronze medal in 2014.

With Saturday’s win, his all-time record at UFV is 310-190 (exhibi-tion, regular season and playoffs).

Tuchscherer was pre-sented with the game ball and a framed photo in a post-game ceremo-ny with UFV president Dr. Mark Evered and past president Dr. Skip Bassford, who served in the role from 1998 to 2009 and whose ten-ure overlapped with Tuchscherer’s hiring as head coach.

The Cascades bas-ketball teams head to Edmonton next weekend to face the MacEwan Griffins.

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Chilliwack based chip hauling. Shift work, extended benefi ts,

pension plan and more. Visit www.sutco.ca, email resume and abstract to

[email protected] or fax to (778) 754-4025

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124 FARM WORKERS

FARM LABOURERS REQUIRED in Yarrow / Chilliwack area. $10.59/hr.

Must have own transport. Applyon-line at: [email protected]

or by fax (604)823-2351

130 HELP WANTED

Child & Youth Care WorkerThe HCOS SE Dept needs a CARE Team Associate to work with our special needs students and their families in the Lower Mainland. Approx 20 hrs./week, starting at $20/hr. Detailed job description & online application form can be found at:

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Local HVAC company hiring for the following positions: sheet metal In-stallers, foreman, ticketed “B” gas fi tters, gas fi tter apprentices. Must have a valid driver’s license. Email resume to [email protected]

LOCAL, Reputable, Craft Manufac-turing Company looking for Reliable Subcontractors. Work from home. Training provided at our Mission of-fi ce at no cost to you. Call 604-826-4651 and leave your name and number ONLY. We return all calls in the order they are received.

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Quik’s Farm Ltd is currently hiring for full and/or part-time positions.Positions available for general labour such as planting and harvesting fl owers, bunching and packaging fl owers, stick-ing or picking cuttings, bou-quet making, both indoor and outdoor.Priority will be given to full time applicants, however part-time positions will be considered as well.We offer competitive wages.Please send resumes via email to [email protected] or drop off in person at our main offi ce at 8340 Prest Rd.

SERVICE TECHNICIANMertin GM is looking for an energetic Service Technician that enjoys working in a fast paced environment and ex-cels at working with a large customer focused team. Pre-vious GM service experience is an asset. We offer com-petitive wages and an excel-lent benefi ts package. If you are looking for a great career with a great company please email your resume to Kegan Madeira:

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No phone calls please.

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136 INSURANCE

Insurance: Personal Lines and Auto

Wheeler Homemakers Insurance is looking for a P/T experienced & licensed Autoplan and Personal Lines CSR. Competitive wages and extended health & benefi ts.

Email resume to:[email protected]

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

CREDIT Union in Abbotsford seeks full time Member Service Represen-tative. We are seeking a mature, outgoing, multi-tasker dedicated to providing a high level of quality ser-vice. A minimum of Grade 12 edu-cation, computer skills and the ability to work in an often fast paced team environment and to adapt to new technologies. Please forward resume and hand-written covering letter to: [email protected]

RECEPTIONIST /ACCOUNTS CLERK

Progressive Abbotsford company looking for a Receptionist / Ac-counts Payable Receiving Clerk to join our offi ce team. The suc-cessful candidate will have 2 or more years experience, be highly motivated and strive to achieve the best results. This position is responsible for an 8 line switch board, processing purchase or-ders, tracking and payment of purchases, coding invoices and routing as required.

Interested individuals may forward their resume to:

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or email: [email protected]

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Full-time licensed Autobody Techni-cian required immediately by busy Import Dealership in the sunny Okanagan. Candidate must hold a valid Autobody ticket. This is a full time, permanent position. Includes Benefi ts and an aggressive wage package. Resumes to Bodyshop Manager

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Welder / FabricatorAgricultural Equipment

Manufacturer is looking forWelder/Fabricators

2 Years experience & ownhand tools required.

Reply to: [email protected]

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SUTCO seeks Class 1 Driver with Super B experience for Chilliwack based chip hauling. Shift work, ex-tended benefi ts, pension plan and more. Visit www.sutco.ca, email re-sume and abstract to [email protected] or fax to (778) 754-4025.

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22 www.theprogress.com Wednesday, January 20, 2016, The Chilliwack Progress

The Hope & Area Transition Society is a non-profi t organization which provides programs and services to individuals affected by social issues. The Society is seeking applications for the position Staff Relief (permanent) at the Jean Scott Transition House.

The preferred candidate will possess the following skills and qualifi cations:• Knowledge and understanding of support and crisis counseling related

to family violence issues. • The ability to demonstrate assertiveness along with both professional

and personal boundaries. • Excellent verbal and written communication with the staff team,

including confl ict resolution.• Effi cient time, organizational and stress-management skills. • Flexibility and ability to assimilate into the staff team, along with

being able to work independently with little or no supervision and be comfortable working alone

• Must be willing to work a variety of shifts and carry a cell phone.• Ability to pass and maintain security clearance, carry a valid driver’s

license and have a dependable vehicle.

Along with resume send a letter of interest indicating how you meet the qualifi cations stated above to:

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Wanted Heavy IndustrialSales Representative

Required for Western Canadian lubricants co. to call on mining, railroads, concrete & cement. High travel. Should have B.Sc. or B.Eng. or Dip.T. and sales experience.

Salary of up to $100K forthe right individual, plus 10%

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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233 CHIMNEY SERVICES

LIONS VIEW CHIMNEY & Fire-place; BBB, WCB1-604-218-7249 or www.lionsviewchimney.ca

260 ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

DRAIANGE problems? Wet base-ment ? We repair and replace pe-rimeter drain tile as well as water proof foundations. 10 years in the business. Owner operator with all the equipment to complete your job in a neat and timely fashion. Quality work done at reasonable rates! All work comes with a guarantee call Mike at Groundhog for your free quote today. Mike. **778-233-7499**

320 MOVING & STORAGE

1 As in movers we trust. Same day moves & deliveries. Reliable Hon-est Movers. Starting $45hr + gas. (604)997-0332 / (604)491-8607.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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338 PLUMBING

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

DUMP IT! Will haul anything any-time. 12’ trailer and truck. Off sea-son rates. Steve, (604)845-5296

Local Family man with 1ton dump truck will haul anything, anywhere, any time, low prices (604)703-8206

BSMB Rubbish Removal. Serving all you rubbish removal needs with a 14’ long trailer. Will remove yard waste, furniture, appliances, recy-cling material and construction site clean up. Service within 24 hrs, 7 days a week. (604)793-8378

374 TREE SERVICES

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DASHConnor Mackenzie

It is with great sadness that we an-nounce the passing of Connor Mackenzie Dash on Jan. 10, 2016, in Chilliwack at the age of 18.Connor was in Grade 12, close to completing studies at Chilliwack Secondary. With a cheerful attitude and good work ethic, he enjoyed working with friends at Chilliwack Cattle Sales.Connor loved skiing, snowboarding, motorcycles, quads and especially his truck.He liked to explore the beautiful back country around Chilliwack and

beyond, taking camping trips and spending quality time with family and friends.He is lovingly remembered and will be missed by: parents Eric and Nancy Dash, sister Sydney Dash, grandparents Ron and Evelyn Dash, many aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, as well as friends, co-workers, classmates and neighbours.A Celebration of Life will be held for Connor at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at Chilliwack Alliance Church, 8700 Young Road, Chilliwack, with Rev. Quentin Smith offi ciating.

EPP, Kathe(nee: Hildebrand)

Kathe Epp passed away peacefully on January 14, 2016 at Chilliwack General hospital. She was prede-ceased by her husband Jacob John Epp on February 16, 2000 as well as her brothers Kornelius, Abram, Isaak and Gerhard. She is survived by her brother Peter (Valentino); daughters Ella, Betty; grandchildren, Anita and Katie and great grandchildren Emily Karr, Wyatt Karr, Joshua Dunn, Ryan Dunn and Aubrey Dunn.

Kathe was an active member of Greendale Mennonite Church, now River of Life Evangelical Church giving countless hours to the dew-ing club and other activities.A memorial service will be held at River of Life Church, 42369 South Sumas Road, Chilliwack on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 11:00am. Reception then Burial to follow at Vedder View Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hender-sonsfunerals.com. Henderson’s Funeral Home, in care of arrangements, (604)792-1344

HOCKINMildred Una

It is with great sadness that Mildred’s family announce her passing away on January 6, 2016 at the age of 91. Mildred was born to Charles & Erna Hockin on September 17, 1924 at Chilliwack General Hospital and was the eldest of twins by 15 minutes. Mildred lived in Chilliwack her entire 91 years and attended the Advent Christian Church and the Chilliwack Alliance Church. Mildred worked at Archibald’s Grocery in Rosedale and then at BC Electric Company until her retirement after which she resid-ed at Eden Care Centre until her

passing. Mildred loved cats, traveling and spending time with her family. Mildred is survived by her twin brother, Warner Hockin (Mary) and numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces and neph-ews. Mildred was pre-deceased by her parents, sisters Marie Nixon, Marjorie Compeau and her other brother Henry Hockin. Mildred will be greatly missed. There will be an intimate family me-morial in the summer.

HUBAND, RoyOn December 19th 2015 at the age of 81 our beloved Roy passed away in his sleep surrounded by family. Roy leaves be-hind his wife Rika of 28 years and his faithful companion Ches-ter. The eldest of 4 children, Roy is survived by siblings Joan Turner (Victoria), Rob Huband (Sorrento) and Judy Deley (Sas-katchewan). He also leaves behind son Patrick of Chilliwack, daughter Cara (Chris) Holmstrup of Logan Lake, daughter in law Joanne of Chilliwack, and 5 grandchildren.Born in Vancouver in 1934, Roy grew up in the Shuswap Lake area of B.C. He worked on many ranches as a young man be-fore moving to the lower mainland where he embarked on a 37 year career with B.C. Tel.Roy was a real outdoorsman,loved hunting, fi shing and horse back riding especially on his many cherished trips into the Chil-cotin with David and Gwen Mcbride. Tunkwa Lake was one of his favourite places where he spent many hours out on the water with his dearest friends Terry Crosby, Dennis Pilling and Don Traeger. He also says goodbye to neighbors and friends at Lin-dell Beach where he happily resided for more than 20 years.Roy’s sense of humour and quiet determination endured until his fi nal days. Special thanks to Dr Bull and the palliative staff at Cascade Hospice for their exceptional care.An informal gathering will be held in Sorrento on the May long weekend as per Roy’s wishes.

ALBELUHNEsther Louise

April 5, 1915 - Jan 12, 2016

Esther was born in Labley, Alberta and moved to BC residing in East Chilliwack, Kelowna, Winfi eld and Sardis. She spend the last few years of her life at Heritage Village. Thanks to Dr. Markey and the staff of Greendale section. A small private family service was held at Woodlawn Funeral Home. Buriel in Kelowna with the husband Helmut.

TROTMANRose

We the friends of Rose Trotman are saddened to announce her passing on October 21, 2015, in her 81st year. She is deeply missed by her coffee group and many friends.

HEUGHBrian J.

Brian J. Heugh passed away on Janu-ary 13, 2016 in his 83rd year after a very brief battle with cancer.

He will be greatly missed by his wife of 45 years, Glenna, daughters Charlene (Brad), Karyn (Stan), son Brad (Danielle), and grandchildren Lily, Lucy, Jaxton, and Ruby.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 am on Friday, January 22, 2016 at Car-men United Church in Chilliwack, BC.

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NIESSENGerritt RyanAged 18 Years

Passed away on January 10, 2016. Survived by and lovingly remembered by his father Gerald Niessen (Melonie Rebic), mother Cathy Trites (Dana Trites), sister Danielle Niessen (Travis Keefer), his dogs Midge, Kona and Earl, grandparents Ernie and Gerrie Niessen, Dennis Freimark, his aunts Annette Wigand and Colleen Jian (Kelly Jian), uncles George and Jim Niessen, Joe, Mike and John Freimark, Jamie Baldwin, cousins, Nikki and Ron Wigand Jr., James, Peter and Rory

Baldwin as well as many relatives and friends. Gerritt is prede-ceased by his uncle, Ronald Wigand Sr. and grandmother, Annemarie Freimark.

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My dearest son Gerritt, Our time together here was far, far too short. We sure had fun. I

shall cherish every moment and brag about you, until the day we once again get to enjoy each other’s company. Never will a moment pass without me thinking about you son. I LOVE YOU! I MISS YOU SO MUCH!

Love Dad, xoxox

Hello Son, I have so many memories fl owing through my mind, I fl ash back

to the day you were born, your fi rst words, your fi rst steps, your curious mind, fi rst day of school, fi rst motocross race, fi rst truck, to your graduation. I am grateful for the time that I had with you here, my beautiful boy.

I’ll love you forever, I’ll miss you for always, forever and ever my baby you’ll be. I love you a whole big pile of mud and stars!

Mom xoxoxo

A Celebration of Life will be held at: First Avenue Christian Assembly, 46510 First Ave., Chilliwack, BC on January 23, 2016 at 1:00 PM.

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