December 23 2010

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Sts’ailes sign new forestry agreementJessica PetersTHE OBSERVER

A new forestry agreement between the province and a First Nations band is a "good step forward," Barry Penner said last week.

The province and the Sts'ailes band (formerly Chehalis) signed a revenue sharing agreement on Friday, during a ceremony at the reserve in the Snowoyelh House. The negotiating team, along with representatives from the Chilliwack Forest District, were on hand for the signing.

The three-year agreement says that the Sts'ailes will share in the revenue from forestry activity that occurs within their

territory, which also is covered by the Chilliwack Forest District.

Previously, the band was given a set dollar amount, based on the population of the community.

In the 2010/11 year, the band will receive

$332,029. Penner said he expected the amount to

increase in the coming years, as the forestry industry seems to be rebounding from a

recent slump. "The economy hasn't been all that strong

in B.C. this year, in particular in the forestry industry," he said. "But the forestry sector is starting to show signs of recovery."

He said this agreement puts the Sts'ailes in a "strong position as recovery takes hold."

The formula used to calculate the amount paid to the band "complex," Penner said.

The percentage of the First Nation territory that falls within the Timber Harvesting Land Base of the Chilliwack Forest District is multiplied by a portion of the district's collected revenue, including stumpage, waste and annual rent (minus the stumpage

paid by First Nation companies on direct award licenses).

Added to that is a "stumpage accommodation" gure, which Penner described as a portion of the stumpage paid by the First Nation on any of their tenures held as a result of a community revenue sharing agreement.

At the signing ceremony, Chief Willie Charlie said that years ago he "never thought we would be sitting at the same table as the province, and that they would listen."

“Sts’ailes is pleased to celebrate the signing

MLA Barry Penner (centre) drums with Sts’ailes First Nation members during a signing ceremony (including Chief Willie Charlie to the left) at the Snowoyelh House on Friday afternoon. They were celebrating a three-year forestry revenue sharing agreement that will pay the band in accordance with the actual amount of forestry operations in their territory.

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CHIEF WILLIE CHARLIE STS’AILES BAND

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Season’s Greetings from the Chamber of Commerce! Way back on November 18th the Chamber had its AGM at Crazy Fish Bistro. It was the best attended AGM in years & capped the end of a successful year for the Chamber. Membership is at an all-time high & we even managed to entice a couple of new Directors to join our ranks. The 2011 Executive & Directors include: Robert Reyerse (President), Ed Stenson (Secretary), Len Davidiuk (Treasurer), Ian Maw, Frank Peters, Tony Nootebos, Chris Blank, Gina Reimer, Ken Becotte, Chris Lepine & a warm welcome to our two new Directors Kim McGhee & Gail Guimont. I would like to personally thank all the Directors who make that extra effort to support & build the Agassiz - Harrison business community.

A few weeks after the AGM, the Chamber of Commerce Directors met in December at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa to set the agenda for the coming year. The key objectives identi ed by the Chamber Directors include:

• Promote Agassiz & Harrison as a place to do business. • Encourage Business Excellence in Agassiz and Harrison • Support Business Networking and Connections

The Harrison Economic Development Of cer, Andre Isakov has been working closely with the Chamber & local businesses to stimulate development & promote our region since starting with the Village Of ce earlier in the year. In 2011 he will start with a focus on promotion, as Andre has organized a tour of the region for lm location managers. Sponsored by the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa, the Chamber of Commerce, Harrison Tourism & Harrison Eco Tours, this event will showcase the natural beauty of the Harrison-Agassiz area as well as some of its unique architectural features.

February will see the 2nd annual Harrison Agassiz Business Excellence Awards taking place to celebrate & promote business excellence in our community. The Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce together with the Agassiz Harrison Observer newspaper will once again co-host a Business Excellence Awards Banquet at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa. Last year’s event was extremely successful & well received by the community & we are hoping to build on this success in 2011. Further details will be in the paper early in 2011.

To further its goal of supporting business networking, the Chamber will continue to host networking events in 2011 as opposed to more traditional (and boring) meetings. Directors meetings will take place quarterly, while socials will take place in the intervening months. The meeting agenda for the year is nearly nalized & will be published in the Observer & put on the Chamber website in early 2011.

Lastly, the Harrison Agassiz Chamber is happy to welcome four new members, Crazy Fish Bistro - one of Harrison’s ne dining experiences, il Carpaccio Deli - a wonderfully authentic new Italian deli in Harrison, Sundset Marketing - manufacturer’s representative based in Harrison Mills & Success By 6 - an early childhood development initiative dedicated to providing children with a good start in life.

For those of you into social media, you can now follow the Chamber tweets at http://twitter.com/HAChamber for the rest of you, you might want to make it a goal for 2011 to see how social media can help your business succeed.

Best wishes for a healthy & prosperous New Year.Robert Reyerse, Chamber President

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The Odds entertained the crowds from the stage of the CP Holiday Train when it rolled through Agassiz last Friday night.

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The 1789 Royal Canadian Army Cadets would like to thank all of the wonderful people and organizations

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The Kent Harrison FoundationTimbro Construction

The Kent Harrison Arts CouncilLen Davidiuk Tax Services Harrison Festival of Arts

Oasis Coffee House & Bistro Agassiz Liquor Store Bread Basket Bakery

Taylor & Allan Roth (Re/Max Nyda Realty)Kent Outdoors

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Thank you to everyone who attended our spaghetti dinner fundraiser & all of the parents who make the Cadet program work!! Merry Christmas.

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District of Kent Councillor, and dairy farmer, Ken Schwaerzle looks at farming material that could be recycled under a pilot program being organized through the Fraser Valley Regional District.

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Jessica PetersTHE OBSERVER

About half of the local dairy farmers made use of the new pilot program focusing on recycling farming materials.

Stacey Barker, from the Fraser Valley Regional District, says that 16 of the area’s 34 dairy farmers brought their materials to the most recent drop off earlier this year.

In total, they gathered 42 bags of round bale plastic, 11 bags of bunker silo cover and 3.5 bags of twine.

The ‘bags’ are re-used, one ton, fertilizer bags

that farmers are now using as recepticals for the plastics. Recycling farming plastics is a fairly new concept. At a meeting which launched the project earlier this year, many farmers said common practice is to take plastics to the landfill.

Others admitted to throwing plastics in burn piles.

The accepted materials for the program include silage bale wrap, synthetic twine, ag bags, bunker silo covers, clear stretch wrap from shipping and the one ton bulk fertilizer bags.

Farmers who did drop

off materials “said it wasn’t dif cult to gather” and “quick to drop off,” says Barker.

She’s hoping to see a rise in the number of farmers who use the program. Even if they have a small amount, she adds, it gives a better indication of how much material is being collected at each of the farms.

The program initially planned for one drop off time in March, but the FVRD has decided to add a drop off in February, and move the spring drop off to May.

The new dates are

February 15 and 16 and May 17 and 18. Farmers can drop off their materials at the Kent Gravel Pit on Cemetery Road on those days between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The program is open to District of Kent dairy farms, and is free to use. Pre-registration is not required, and Barker says she does phone each farmer individually to remind them of the service. She's also mailing out a yer detailing how the materials need to be sorted and how clean they need to be.

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Robert FreemanTHE PROGRESS

Police and federal corrections of cials are not identifying the cellmate of a prisoner found dead at Mountain Institution in Agassiz two weeks ago.

Of cials are also keeping a tight lid on other details, including the names of any suspects arrested in the case, and how Jeremy Michael Phillips, a 33-year-old inmate

from Moncton, N.B., met his death sometime before 10 a.m. Nov. 22.

At rst, prison of cials would say only that Phillips was found “unresponsive” in his cell, but an Agassiz RCMP of cer said police were convinced a murder had occurred.

And that Phillips had a cellmate the night before he was found dead.

The case is now in the hands of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which handles all homicides in the province.

Last week, IHIT spokesman RCMP Cpl. Dale Carr said he could not name a suspect until charges are laid, and no decision is expected in the Mountain prison case until sometime in the new year after “external” reports are completed.

A spokesman for the Correctional Service of Canada said prison of cials won’t be discussing the case publicly - including the reported transfer of a prisoner serving time in the maximum-security Kent prison for six murders to the medium-security Mountain prison - until a review is completed, a process “likely to take months.”

Phillips was about halfway

through a six-year, nine-month sentence for aggravated assault and conspiring to commit an indictable offence when he died.

A Moncton newspaper reported that Phillips had committed his crime within blocks of where a man named Michael Wayne McGray had committed two of the six murders that landed him in prison.

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Buses slow down for Christmas holidaysBC Transit has released its 2010/11

holiday season schedule for the Agassiz Harrison route.

On Christmas Eve, there will be no Friday night service. Service will end at the downtown Chilliwack exchange at 7:06 p.m.

There will be no service on Christmas

Day or Boxing Day. Bussing will follow normal scheduling

from December 27 to December 30. On New Year's Eve, there will be regular

Friday night bussing services. There will be no bus service on New

Year's Day or New Year's Day or Sunday, January 2.

Regular schedules return on Monday, January 3.

For information on speci c routes, call the local BC Transit operator at 604-795-3838 or visit www.bctransit.com. Bus schedules and passes are also available at the District of Kent.

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Students throughout School District 78 celebrated their DARE graduations last week, including this group of Grade Four and Five students at Harrison Hot Springs elementary school. While Chilliwack’s school district lost the drug and alcohol aware-ness program due to a lack of funding this school year, the program has remained intact in this district. The program teaches kids about the dangers of drugs, smoking and alcohol, and gives them tools to combat peer pressure. Each student reads a personal pledge at the graduation ceremony, and receives a certificate.

A personal pledge


FVRD launches new web map

The Fraser Valley Regional District has released a Regional Information Map. RIM is the regional district’s online mapping service which is a free, interactive web map that was developed for those who live, visit, and work in the FVRD.

RIM contains numerous map layers that can be used to gather information on properties located in the electoral areas of the FVRD. Some of the available map layers include property, zoning, and hazard information. Aerial photographs and shaded relief images are available for select areas.

The information on map is the same that is used for daily operations at the FVRD and maintained to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. However, the district says it is provided for

general interest only and should be veri ed with the regional district’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Group or Planning Department prior to its use.

FVRD says the RIM will evolve and improve in time as more data becomes available and as feedback is received from users.

In addition to RIM, several of the regional district’s member municipalities also have web mapping applications. FVRD recommends these applications for gathering information on properties located within the member municipalities.

RIM can be accessed through the regional district’s home page at www.fvrd.bc.ca.

For more information, the GIS Group can be contacted at 604-702-5000 or [email protected].

Woman killed in Yale crash

The AESS graduating class is holding their big bottle drive on January 8, 2011 - starting at 9 am. Modern Tire has been providing the drop off point for people to leave their recycling for a few months now, and will host this bottle drive in their Tire shop

as well. During the Christmas and New Year holidays, it is usually a time when we have more bottles and cans due to entertaining more, so please keep the Grads in mind... bring everything down and even the sorting will be done for you.

The money requested by the Historical Society to further fund the Tourist Information Centre in Agassiz will not go toward upgrades to the outside of the museum, only to the promotion of the District of Kent. The Observer apologizes for this error.

Our apologies

Not sure what to do with your Christmas tree once the tinsel is down and ribbons are put away?

Take it down to Allenby's in Agassiz, says Ken Schwaerzle. For a small donation — he suggests a loonie or two — you can simply drop off your tree at the store, and it will be taken away to be chipped, courtesy of Don's Tree Trimming.

The proceeds will go toward the Agassiz Rainbow 4H Club, as it has for the last seven years.

Trees chipped by donation

Give your cans to AESS grads

A crash in Yale on Monday claimed the life of a woman and seriously injured three others.

A Dodge Caravan, which the woman in her fties was driving, and

an extended-cab pickup truck were involved in a head-on collision at approximately 10 a.m.

Monday, December 20.

"Initial investigation indicates a northbound Dodge Caravan from Pitt Meadows entered into the southbound lane and struck a GMC Sierra pick up, from Parksville, head-on," said Sgt. Peter Thiessen, of the Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service, in a press release.

"Evidence at the scene indicates the

Dodge Caravan was completely in the oncoming southbound lane prior to impact," added Thiessen.

The crash occurred in a two-lane section of Highway 1, within a series of curves, at the southern end of the small community.

The stretch of road at the crash scene has a long curve with no visual obstructions and the lanes are separated by a double-solid line. Visibility was good and

the roadway was clear, according to police.

The Hope SAR road rescue team extracted a 17-year-old female from the van, while remen cleared away

Christmas presents, Christmas crackers, candy canes and other personal belongings from the roadway to make room for stretchers.

The male driver of the GMC pick-up truck and the female passenger also suffered serious

injuries in the crash and were extracted from their vehicle by the SAR team.

B.C. Ambulance sent two helicopters, manned by advanced life support teams to evacuate the crash victims out of the Fraser Canyon community and to the Royal Columbian hospital.

Police are continuing their investigation into the crash.

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A veteran Mountie from Alberta who has publicly defended the force against calls for an independent provincial police force has of cially taken over the RCMP in B.C.

Assistant Commissioner Peter Hourihan has become the new commanding of cer for the province, the force announced last week.

He replaces Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass who has been promoted to head of RCMP operations in Western Canada .

Hourihan's arrival comes as the B.C. government and RCMP are negotiating a renewal of the policing contract that sees the federal force provide province-wide services.

The RCMP has held the

contract since 1950, when it took over from the B.C. Provincial Police, which was dissolved by the provincial government of the day.

In Alberta, where the provincial government is also negotiating a renewal of its policing contract with the RCMP, Hourihan recently responded to an open letter calling for creation of an independent provincial police service with a letter of his own.

"Alberta has a provincial police service which is founded and prioritized on community policing — that service is the RCMP," Hourihan wrote in a Calgary newspaper.

"The RCMP in Alberta is accountable to Albertans and their governments."

The married father of two

has 34 years of experience in Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, Ottawa, Manitoba and most recently in Alberta,

where he was criminal operations officer for the entire province.

His policing experience includes a wide range of

duties that have included traffic, commercial crime, proceeds of crime, northern policing, corporate management

and criminal operations. A formal change of

command ceremony will take place on February 11, 2011.

New commanding officer for RCMP

Assistant Commissioner Peter Hourihan is the new commanding officer for the province. BLACK PRESS PHOTO

Veteran officer from Alberta opponent of provincial police

of the FCRSA today that will provide us a share of the forestry revenues in our territory and ensure that we are adequately consulted on forest and range resource developments,” Charlie said. “The bene ts received in this agreement will contribute to Sts’ailes’ goal of self governance and economic self-suf ciency. Sts’ailes has a strong relationship with Minister Penner and

the signing of the FCRSA will prove to be a solid foundation for future agreements.”

“Since 2002, this government has been working to increase First Nations’ participation in the forest sector,” said Forests, Mines and Lands Minister Pat Bell. “As British Columbia’s forest sector starts to rebound, all those involved will see increased bene ts.”

A copy of the agreement is available at www.gov.bc.ca/arr.

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Forest sector ‘rebounding’

Province finds dismal transit service across FVRDJeff NagelBLACK PRESS

Just one per cent of trips made in the FVRD are on transit, compared to three per cent in Kelowna, eight per cent in Victoria and 11 per cent in Metro Vancouver.

The ndings of the province's Strategic Review of Transit in the Fraser Valley show

the region is woefully underserved by transit relative to other areas.

The Valley gets less than 0.5 annual transit service hours per resident – one-third as much as Kamloops and Kelowna and one- fth as much per capita transit service as Metro Vancouver.

Valley residents also pay less in property taxes for transit – just $4 to $14

per person compared to $26 in the Okanagan cities and $130 in Metro Vancouver. The existing transit system in the Valley needs steady revenue increases of 7.6 per cent per year from local, regional and provincial sources.

Higher property taxes, fares, provincial contributions and "new revenue sources" will all

be needed to deliver the needed cash.

Adding a one-cent per litre gas tax in the FVRD – much less than the 12 cents charged in Metro Vancouver – would generate $4.1 million a year, the report shows, by way of example.

The report notes TransLink's fees and taxes could simply be

extended to the Valley.Or, it says, a Valley

transit commission could be set up like one in the Capital Regional District that charges a 3.5 cent per litre gas tax.

"If the FVRD remains outside TransLink’s service area, a relatively modest fuel tax would be able to provide an adequate funding stream

to allow signi cant improvements to be implemented," it says.

The FVRD population is projected to climb 70 per cent to more than 450,000 over the next

two decades.The reports target an

increase in transit mode share to 4.1 per cent by 2040, up from one per cent in the Valley today.


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Don’t sacrifice set election datesSanta dropped into Agassiz on Friday night, making himself seen aboard the CP Holiday Train as it rolled through town.

Who is that bearded man?

Media will be watching It sounds like something from a grisly prison

movie — two men go into a cell at night, and only one comes out in the morning.RCMP and the coroner arrive on scene and the prison is locked down. Of cials become very tight-lipped.

But the reality is far from what you'd nd on a Hollywood movie screen. The details of how and why are not laid out for all to see. It's not sexy and it's not glamourous. There is no story to write, no motive, no trickery, no details of a struggle, no slow motion ght, no murder weapon.

All we are left with is a body of a dead man, and a laundry list of questions.

The most burning question is: Who was Jeremy Phillips' cellmate the night he died? Other newspapers have reported who they believe was his cellmate, and that his cellmate was a convicted serial killer. But without con rmation by the prison, that's a dangerous assertion to be making.

But if it's true, the prison system needs to be answering another question: Why?

Why would a serial killer be housed with a man who was halfway through a sentence for aggravated assault and conspiring to commit an indictable offence?

If anyone knows the lengths that a caged criminal will go to, it would be prison of cials.

Was it something as simple as a paperwork mistake? Are the prisons so overcrowded that dangerous offenders are thrown together in a melting pot of anger, vengence, and the vile desire to kill? Was there an intent to somehow scare, or even harm, Phillips? Did the prison even know there was another man in Phillips' cell?

The only thing certain right now is that news media from here to Moncton will be following the impending review process — not just because it's newsworthy, but because murder is murder, and a convict's death is more than just a lurid story, but the tragic loss of somebody's child.

B.C. VIEWSTom Fletcher

VICTORIA – Christy Clark could run in a by-election if she wins the B.C. Liberal leadership vote in February, but she is leaning towards an early general election instead.

B.C. became the rst jurisdiction in Canada to establish a four-year schedule for elections in 2001, blocking a majority government’s ability to call surprise elections for political advantage. The new premier would have to change legislation that sets the next election for the second Tuesday in May, 2013.

A schedule for elections is in my view the most important democratic reform achieved in Canada in the last decade. Ontario has followed suit. So has the Conservative federal government, although you wouldn’t notice it as the long run of unstable minority rule has prevented it from taking effect.

Clark is the only unelected candidate seeking the B.C. Liberal leadership, but she suggests that whoever becomes premier should call an election.

“I think two and a half years in government as an unelected premier is an awful long time.” Clark said last week. “I think British Columbians might be right to say, by the time 2013 rolls around, hey, you were elected by people who had to pay in order to vote for you. We want to have a chance to vote for you under the basic principles of democracy.”

Clark is the education minister-turned-hotline host who served as deputy premier in Premier Gordon Campbell’s rst-term cabinet. That was the cabinet that enacted set election days, amid much fanfare about cleaning up B.C. politics.

Campbell is expected to retire as MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey some time after B.C. Liberal Party members vote for a new

leader on Feb. 26. If Clark wins, Campbell would make way for a by-election where Clark could run in a relatively safe seat.

Shuswap MLA George Abbott has argued that the B.C. Liberal government needs two and a half years to set a new course and regain the trust of voters disillusioned over the introduction of the harmonized sales tax. He and other candidates have called for the date of a province-wide vote on the HST to be moved up to June.

Abbotsford West MLA Mike de Jong agrees that the schedule of elections every four years is an important electoral reform. The only change he would support is to shift the scheduled date to the fall, so the annual provincial budget isn’t disrupted every four years by a spring election.

The modern-day master of calling snap elections for political gain was Jean Chrétien. He accomplished little in a decade beyond perpetuating his own hold on power, calling early elections in 1997 and 2000 to prey on weak and divided opposition parties.

Clark came of age politically with the Chrétien-era federal Liberals, and has shown the same opportunistic eye as the little guy from Shawinigan. The NDP is leaderless, rudderless and presenting as tempting a target as Stockwell Day in his legendary wetsuit.

Would there be some kind of campaign about ideas if a B.C. election were to be held next year? No. It would almost unavoidably devolve into a referendum on the harmonized sales tax, which is why Clark wants to ditch the tax rst.

Would Clark, or any of the other contenders for that matter, run on a platform of keeping the HST? They all claim to support the tax, but would they stake their shiny new premiership on it? I very much doubt it.

The likely strategy would be to sacri ce the HST, and then the scheduled election law. Two sensible reforms, discarded.

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

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Dear Editor, Further to Mr. Loosdrecht's

letter regarding Harrison Hot Springs solid waste collection,

Not so long ago, the mayor and council replaced the works superintendent position with an economical development officer (EDO) to help and promote businesses within the village.

Well this failed, as no local businesses were invited to tender for the solid waste contract. The village council has said that we all need to support local businesses but it appears they don't and the village staff was allowed to pick and choose who they wanted to apply for these works.

Tender procedures should be in place not only to allow every interested party to view the contract and bid for the work to see if they can meet the criterion, but also to protect the council from allegations of favoritism and financial improprieties — this contract has failed on both accounts. I would also like to

know who is going to receive my $2 if I put out an extra garbage bag. Is it the village or the contractor, as it seems to me this extra payment is no more than a stealth tax which will hit low income families with children the hardest.

One last point, I read Mayor Becotte's blog regarding the last

council meeting on December 6 and was appalled by his comments about a much respected and hard working council member (not named in the blog). This drivel was something I would have expected to read in a teenage drama queen diary rather than from the elected head of our council.

William Beaumont

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Dear Editor,On December 14, The Agassiz Centre

for Education hosted a Christmas dinner for students’ families and community supporters that took place within the Royal Canadian Legion. The dinner was prepared by ACE staff and volunteering parents and grandparents, and was supported through the donations of those who attended.

The volunteers’ efforts produced a grand selection of a variety of food, which of course featured Doctor Seuss’s Who Pudding and Who Roast Beast. The dinner was inspired by both Christmas and the Grinch, which

was an unexpended combination that lead to interesting and delicious food, as well as the reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Terrill Scott. Terrill also donated the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook that inspired the two star dishes.

During the event, the students were congratulated and special thanks were given to Jim Johnson and the Royal Canadian Legion for the donation of the Legion Hall which made the dinner possible. Thanks were also given to the Youth Inclusion Program for all of their support, including help with transportation for school trips like

the trip to the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Center where students swam and exercised in the gym under the supervision of Duane Penner and Ray Steigvilas earlier that day.

Special guest also attended the dinner. These guests were Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Karen Nelson, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Scott Benwell, Secretary-Treasurer, Natalie Lowe-Zucchet, School Trustees Linda McMullan, Jim Sinclair, Al Fraser, and Ron Johnstone. We also had our community partners: MCFD, AHCS, Employment Services, and the seniors who work with ACE on a regular basis.

There were many others who participated in the organization and preparation of the ACE Christmas dinner who should not be forgotten.

They are, Sandy Balascak for organization and cooking talent, Frank and Eunice Royle for cooking, organizing the beverage station, and beautifully arranging and decorating the tables, Monica Campbell and Donna Reich for cooking talent and assistance, and Pam Workman for her tireless, all-day effort with dishes and cleaning.

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OBSERVERholiday stories

Santa Claus sits with a young Quin Nootebos at Christmastime. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Christmas offers common bondJessica PetersTHE OBSERVER

This will be a strange Christmas for me.

With the exception of a Christmas morning in Waikiki, it will be the rst time I wake up in a house with no children.

Not a creature will be stirring. The tree, and the presents underneath, will be untouched. There will be no excited squeals, or the ripping of wrapping. There will be no late morning, post-present discovery nap.

You see, like many other single parents, I'll be alone as my three sons spend time with their dad and their new stepfamily.

And me, well, I'll be tucked away, sleeping soundly under the covers, and generally pretending that Christmas isn't happening.

Once that loses its appeal, I'll get out of bed and nish packing

my house for a New Year's Eve transition to a bigger, more beautiful home. It's anything but tradition for me, this year.

But, as strange as this all will be to me, I've decided I'm okay with it. I have a lifetime of Christmas memories, 12 of them with my own kids, and the previous ones of my own childhood.

Surely, I've seen enough tinfoil chocolate wrapping and Kindereggs to last a lifetime.

Undoubtedly, I've made my share of turkeys and trimmings. I've had plenty of egg nog and Christmas crackers and caroling.

What will give me comfort this year is not the loving, warm hugs from my kids, but the knowledge that I'll have plenty more of those happy times. And not just at Christmastime, but the minute the kids get home again.

And as sure as the sun will

rise, Christmas will come again. Next year, it will be my turn with the kids again, and I'll enjoy it with all my heart. Because to me, that's what Christmas is about — heart.

And I'm not alone. We asked the community to once again share their holiday stories with us, and with you.

They've poured their hearts out and shared some very touching memories.

Whether you believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus, or you hold true to religious meanings of the season — heck, even if you don't celebrate at all — the Christmas season is one of those common bonds to which we can all relate.

I want to thank all the letter writers for sharing their memories, and wish a Merry Christmas to all.

Santa Claus is realSubmitted by Elan Nootebos

I met Santa on a cold December night in 1996.

The thing I remember most was the twinkle in his eyes as he came through the front door of our small shop and asked if he could visit my little boy who was four years old.

Santa came with no request, no glory or expectation of gratitude, only the magic of Christmas and the hope that brought joy. Santa laughed and "ho ho'ed" with my son and left with a smile, a wave and a promise to come back Christmas Eve. He left a little boy full of joy and happiness and

with an overwhelming feeling that he was graced by the true presence of "Santa."

Every year since that day, Santa has graciously come to our house. At rst, the gather was small. Each child got a "gift" from Santa and got to visit with him as long as the child wanted.

Before Santa would arrive, the children would be hyper, so very excited, and lled with anticipation of Santa's visit.

As soon as Santa arrives you can her a pin drop in the room. All the

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A Christmas surprise near the Black ForestSubmitted by Ruth Altendorf

It happened a long time ago and in a different world, but I remember it well.

I was about ten years old then and lived in a town called Freiburg near the Black Forest. The customs and traditions around Christmastime were speci c to this area and I have to tell you a little about it because without them, this story would not have happened.

Like all children around the world, we were waiting for Christmas with hope and suspense, which manifested itself mainly in the form of treats and toys. We did not wait, however, for Santa to bring them – Santa had already left since December 6, which was his big day.

Right after he had to board his sleigh and take off to different places in the world because he was on a

tight schedule. After all, there were many chimneys he had to slide down to deliver his gifts and many shopping malls where he had to greet children.

Where I lived, it was up to the Christkindl to do all this and, because all the elves had left with Santa, it was the parents’ duty to help with the task. As parents are, they came up with a splendid plan that added even more suspense to the days before Christmas.

First, they decided that the night before Christmas would be the right time to celebrate, not the morning of Christmas Day. Next, in whatever dwelling they lived, they designated one of the rooms for the celebrations. This room would be off limits to the children until, on Christmas Eve, a little bell could be heard ringing. Then, and only then, the children

were allowed to enter and see what was there.

And what a sight it was! A real Christmas tree had been brought in and decorated in great secrecy with real candles. The gifts were not wrapped but neatly arranged around the tree which, of course, allowed you right away to see what was there. But rst we had to recite at least one poem and sing one or two Christmas songs. Only then were the children

allowed to receive their gifts.But, now I have to tell you a funny

story. Well, it was funny for my younger brother and I but, I am sure not for my parents and grandmother. You see, my grandmother or Oma for short, lived in a room on the rst oor of our town house and was totally bedridden for many years. And this is why her room was always the one where we had our celebrations.

This was a bit of a problem because I, being the oldest child, had to bring all meals to my Oma’s room except, of course, on Christmas Eve, lest I would see what was there.

But one year, only one time, my parents forgot about this and so did I – honestly! Only when I opened the door did I realize what happened!

“Don’t look” Oma said, with less panic that one would expect. My Oma, you see, was a deeply

religious person and did not take all these 'pretend' things too seriously. It was a very different story, however, when I came back to the dining room. All eyes were on me in a panic, wondering whether I had seen something or not. I had, of course, but this time it was for me to pretend and I said, “No.”

But I had seen out of the corner of my eyes what looked like the doll kitchen I had wished for and the ladder of the re truck my brother wanted so badly. To ease his suspense, I gave him a look that – he later admitted - told him: Yes, it’s there!

I think that the Christkindl, in his wisdom, forgave me and the evening turned out to be the happy event it was meant to be. And guess what? It was the one Christmas I never forgot!

Submitted by Joey EllisThe air was cold and the night

was crystal clear and one would almost think they were home in the foothills of Alberta. This was Christmas eve in Korea.

The valley from our bren nest seemed peaceful and quiet, the snow covering the hilltops gave us a winter land memory….but this was no fairy tale winter land.

As my partner and I kept watch over the landscape for movement we listened to the propaganda being sent to us. The songs they played to us this night were not Christmas Carols but ones that would remind us of home —You Are My Sunshine. They tried to make us feel that they were a peace loving people

and we weren’t needed here, nor wanted. For a brief time the shelling had stopped in our area but we could hear it in the distance.

My partner and I shared our rations and talked of home and family and the things we liked to do. Play a good hockey game, eat home cooked meals and a good cup of coffee with a friend. We remembered Christmases we spent at home, trimming trees, smelling the turkey cooking and wearing the knitted socks and mitts that one of our aunts had made. The night past slowly and Christmas Day arrived cold and clear. There was no trimmings or fancy garlands just the peace of the day. We wished each other Merry Christmas and had a mess

turkey dinner. In this foreign land we were ghting for the right for people to be free to chose their government, quality of life, and the freedom of speech that we cherish in Canada.

Christmas is Christ’s birthday.It’s a time of joy, family and love. Freedom to worship in your own way. No it’s not “HAPPY HOLIDAYS” – it’s ”MERRY CHRISTMAS.”

So, in honour of all our veterans who fought and died for the right of freedom of speech, wish others Merry Christmas. If you wish to, it’s your right.

It is Christ's birthday and this soldier wants to say Merry Christmas and may everyone enjoy the warmth of family, love of God and Peace in Canada.

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The Agassiz elementary secondary school’s Senior Wind Ensemble performed at the school’s winter concert on December 16, in the school gymnasium. The Grade 8 and 9 Bands also performed, while a raffle table helped raised money for the school.

Holiday sounds

Submitted by Anne Russell

Went to my son’s Christmas concert last night. Our eleventh at this little school in so many years. Sometimes it’s a full-blown concert; sometimes it’s just an all-school sing-a-long. But hearing all those little voices singing in the darkened but festive gym always tugs at my

emotions, as it brings to mind the Christmastime I spent with my toddler son in the old, dingy MSA Hospital pediatric ward.

It was December 13, 2004, and for the fourth time in three months, we had presented ourselves at the emergency ward because our 18-month-old toddler was struggling to breathe due to yet another asthma attack. Once again we were rushed to MSA from Chilliwack by ambulance, and brought into the subdued darkened hallways of the creepy night-time pediatric ward.

I was taking an unwelcome crash course in resilience, forced as all mothers are to be there for my child through adverse times. By now, after spending Halloween and our high school reunion weekend in hospital with Miles, my husband and I were getting somewhat despondent, wondering if these frequent hospitalizations would ever end (they did).

It was well into night-time when we

entered the dark ward, and I once again tried to settle my son, who refused the ‘baby jail’ crib with metal bars and insisted on sleeping on top of me on the single narrow cot. I didn’t see the other mothers, but I heard them: each singing a soothing song to her child, and all in the language of their homeland. I can’t recall all the ethnicities any more, just that the universal mother’s lullaby was being sung in several different tongues.

This time Miles was also diagnosed with RSV virus, which meant we were quarantined in a four-bed ward with other sick little ones, unable to stroll the hallways or check out the common room. Miles was once again tethered at the nose to oxygen by a long cord that gave him a bit of mobility, and his striped hospital pajama sleeves were taped shut to prevent him from tearing the cords out.

The next morning, two of the mother-child pairs left, leaving Miles and

I alone with our kitty-corner neighbours, a young recent immigrant mother from India with her four-month old son. At rst we ignored each other behind the curtains, each focused on the care of her own sick little boy. But boredom and proximity drew us together as the hours and days passed by, and eventually she started to pepper me with questions about baby care, tness, and Canadian culture.

It was a nice bonding experience as we talked each other through our con nement. The most comical part of this was teaching her Jingle Bells and trying to explain the lyrics to her. She’d heard me singing it to Miles and really wanted to know what it was all about.

And I found myself having to analyze the words to a song that we all sing without a thought at this time of year. “Dashing – it’s kind of like running. A sleigh – you get pulled on it... through the snow… by a horse… well, I’ve never actually

been in a one-horse open sleigh, but it sounds fun. Bells on bobtail ring… well, you put these bells on the horse’s tail… I guess you bob the tail rst. Bobbing, it’s kind of like a haircut… anyway, the bells ring, that’s why they sing Jingle Bells!”

Through our cross-cultural communion we got each other through the boredom and despair of quarantine at Christmastime.

Later that day Miles was sprung from baby jail again, feeling much better. That night we attended his sister’s school Christmas sing-along at the same school he goes to now. The suddenly robust toddler ran around the perimeter of the darkened gym with his little friend, and I was relieved to be a million miles away from the dark hospital ward as we all enthusiastically belted out Jingle Bells together -- a song I’ve never been able to hear since without being taken back to the pediatric ward at Christmastime.

Jingle Bells in the ped wardJESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER

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we love you so much.

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5 IN MEMORIAM

GRYPUIKSam - Jan 1, 2005

Violet - Dec. 24, 2001

Your family continues and will always miss you both so

deeply. We are all so blessed to have had you in our lives, to share

our love and care.You are forever in our thoughts and hearts.

God bless you Mom & Dadand Merry Christmas.

Your loving family, xoxo

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21 COMING EVENTS

33 INFORMATION

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5 IN MEMORIAM

14 AGASSIZ-HARRISON OBSERVER – Thursday, December 23, 2010y, ,


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374 TREE SERVICES

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PETS

477 PETSNEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! www.856-dogs.com or call: 604-856-3647.POM PUPPIES 1 females, 1 male, white & gold. 9 wks old. $350. (604)462-8027 or 604-506-6413PRESA PUPPIES, family farm raised. Great temperment. Great guard dog. $600. 604-855-6929.PUGS, P/B, BLACK. Ready to go. Female $800. Male $700. 604-595-6713 or 604-725-2192. (Surrey)PUREBRED Doberman puppies, ready for Christmas. 6 girls, 3 boys $900 obo. 604-807-9095.SAVANNAH Cats & kittens for sale $500 & up. All shots & dewormed. Call: (604)576-4402.STUNNING LARGE Boned Czech German Shepherd Puppies. Health Guaranteed. Please Contact For More Info. E-Mail: [email protected] Call: 778-836-4048

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

523 UNDER $100Blacksmith dipper, 5 wrenches, $55 (604)794-5817------------------------------------------------110’ cord, hrs shoes, hvy sledge,latern, jack: 2 ton, hitch $100 4 all. (can buy sep.) (604)794-5817TOW HITCH $75 (604)796-0736 or 1-778-867-2758------------------------------------------------FIBERGLASS ROCK GUARD $75 (604)796-0736 or 1-778-867-2758------------------------------------------------14’ EXTENDABLE LADDER $65 (604)796-0736 or 1-778-867-2758

525 UNDER $300SLEEP APNEA MACHINES Good Condition $300 each obo (604)796-0736 or 1-778-867-2758

545 FUELBEST FIREWOOD

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560 MISC. FOR SALE

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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

COLLECTORS SAXOPHONESSoprano Buecher Silver 80 yrs old, excellent condition $3000. Baritone Saxophone 1926 Silver CM Conn Ltd, all original $2700. Call 604-534-2997

REAL ESTATE

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

AGASSIZ-LAND & BEAUTIFULLY renovated 2 br mobile home. New from the studs in! Includes all new windows, new insulation, new oak hardwood fl oors, new drywall and

much more. Come & look!Own your own land for $149,900!!

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627 HOMES WANTED

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630 LOTS

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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636 MORTGAGES

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640A REVENUE PROPERTY

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660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

$575 One bedroom, elevator, new laundry facilities, storage locker, parking & walking to downtown amenities. One month free & dis-count to seniors 65+. Pet friendly. 778-918-9062.

HARRISON - Studio Apartment, Nice quiet & safe building, suitable for single person. Newly renovat-ed,$550/month includes utilities. Call 604-794-7132

713 COTTAGES

LAKESIDE CABIN RENTAL, Harri-son Lake Cabins. Cbl & wireless internet avail. (604)796-3536

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810 AUTO FINANCING

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818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1994 Ford Mustang, exc cond., air-cared to 2012, must sell $4000 obo. Call (604)794-5865

1997 BUICK PARK AVE. Every op-tion. Spotless. New tires & brks 114K H.U.D., $5900. 778-565-1097

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL, A/T, 3.0L V6. f/loaded, 4 dr., black, key-less entry. $5500. 604-615-6817

2004 BUICK LASABRE V6 cloth, 149K. Private. Like new $8750. obo. 604-593-5072

2005 FORD FOCUS station wagon auto, 70,000k’s blue, options, clean car $4800 fi rm. 604-538-4883

2005 PONTIAC G6. Exc. cond. high mileage but well taken care of. $4200 604-302-0985 after 6:30 pm.

2008 Dodge Caliber SXT, auto, load-ed, htch bk, 49,900 km, ex cond $9,950. (604)793-5520 DL5961

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1989 MAZDA 626, 2.2 L 12 valve, 277K, pwr windows locks, a/c, Panasonic CD stereo, AM/FM, me-ticulously maintained, $1995. Lang-ley Michael 604-866-4460

1994 HONDA ACCORD, 2dr auto black new rad, timing belt, good cond. $2350. 778-241-6086

1998 ACCORD EXR, loaded, V6auto, leather, sunroof, exc running cond., $3800 obo. (604)309-4001.

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821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2000 PONTIAC Grand AM, loaded 4 dr, white, clean, Aircared, $2000. 604-855-7081; 604-751-3833

2002 MAZDA PROTEGE 5. H/back, red, 5/spd manual, fully loaded, 106K, $5250 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

2003 Honda Element, AWD, xtra set snow tires on rims, 214,0000k, good cond, $8900. (604)319-5426

2006 MAZDA 5 WAGON, touring edition, loaded, auto, snrf, 17’’ whls. $12,000 obo. (604)309-4001.

2009 TOYOTA Yaris, auto, loaded, 4 dr sd, only 31,900 km. Selling whole-sale $10,400 (604)793-5520 DL5961

827 VEHICLES WANTED

Motorcycles Wanted. CASH MON-EY PAID. Also select watercraft, ATV & snowmobiles. Free National Pickup- no hassle. Call 1-800-963-9216 www.sellusyourbike.com Mon-Fri 9a.m.-7p.m. (cst)

830 MOTORCYCLES

2010 & 2 - 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycles. All 3 or sep. Wayne aft 5pm (604)847-9353 ( Chwk )

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2010 Classic Cruiser 19FBS

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2010 Laredo 297RL

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838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2010 STARCRAFT 816

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845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2000 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE.Very low kms (127,000). Mint cond.New tires. $8495 604-833-4999

851 TRUCKS & VANS

1991 GMC CARGO VAN 2500, onpropane, in good cond. $995. Call:(604) 807-1570 or 850-7431.

2004 DODGE 1500 4X4 quad cab, 107K, excell cond. grey w/silver, lin-ex liner $15,000 obo (604)308-7460


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