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And the community reacted… page A6 and A9

INSIDEPolice looking into luring attempt

A teenage girl was approached by a middle age man, and police are investigating the incident.

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INSIDE AND ONLINEReaders vent in their letters

From amalgamation to medicinal pot, readers air their opinions on the Langley Advance letters page.

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An actor had a big question for his girlfriend-director.

ROXANNE [email protected]

The ending to Shakespeare’s comedy Love’s Labours Lost was rewritten in an unexpected fashion Saturday.

The Bard in the Valley pro-duction on the Spirit Square stage at Douglas Park concluded with one of the actors down on one knee, asking the show’s dir-ector for her hand in marriage.

Big cheers could be heard echoing from the park as the Mandy Dyck said “yes.” She was shocked by the romantic gesture by Darcy Knopp.

“Darcy got the idea to do it during the run of Julius Caesar last year, so he had been keep-ing it secret a long while,” Dyck told the Langley Advance.

Knopp, who grew up and worked in Langley, went to some lengths to make his pro-posal memorable, and to keep it a secret – apparently even from his own father who just hap-pened to be in the audience.

Before Saturday’s show,

Knopp asked the cast and crew to sign a card for Dyck, to pub-licly acknowledge her contribu-tion as the show’s director.

After the final curtain call, he took centre stage, and began his tribute, thanking Dyck for all her work and calling her on stage to receive a card and gift. Then, the twist.

“Some of you may know Mandy and I have been together for four years,” he said. “In that time, Mandy has had a com-plaint, that I don’t profess my love often enough to her, so I’d

like to change that tonight.”He reached into his pocket,

took out a ring box, and got down on one knee.

“Mandy was truly taken by surprise as was everyone else on and off the stage,” said pro-ducer Diane Gendron.

“Everyone cheered! Then another big cheer erupted when everyone heard Mandy say ‘yes.’ The cast and crew and some of the audience were in tears. It was all very exciting,” Gendron said.

Langley’s own Lauren

Trotzuk, a cast member, made the comment “Love’s Labour’s Won tonight.”

Knopp’s character in the play has a beautiful monologue all about his love for a woman.

“His delivery during this speech has been truly inspired, which I have attributed to the fact that Darcy is a talented actor. I now know that, as all good actors, he was drawing on his real love for Mandy to give his monologue that extra spark,” she said.

Knopp has been with Bard in the Valley (BIV) since the first show in 2010. He picked up the ring about six months ago.

“The proposal definitely was a surprise for me. I had no idea it was going to happen or that he had even been thinking about this,” she said.

Dyck has been with BIV for three years with lead roles in the past two productions and as a director this year. Both are graduates of the University of the Fraser Valley and live in Chilliwack.

No date set for the wedding but there are for the final four performances of Love’s Labours Lost in Douglas Park: July 30, July 31, and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m., as well as a 2 p.m. matinee on Aug. 2. Shows are free.

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‘Surprise’ proposal steals the show

A Langley resident is taking up the reins at the Advance.

Lisa Farquharson has been named the new publisher of the Langley Advance, started in 1931, and the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times.

“As a Langley resident for over three decades, I’m thrilled to be once again working in this amazing community,” Farquharson said. “I’m anxious to reconnect with the growing business community and residents.”

Farquharson has been with Black

Press since 1998, and has served as an advertising sales manager at the Langley Times, as publisher of the South Delta Leader, and gener-al manager of BC Classified.com’s Lower Mainland division.

An SFU graduate with an exec-utive management and leadership diploma from Thompson Rivers University, she has been active on boards and committees around the area. She has served as a mem-ber with the Greater Vancouver Homebuilders Association for more than two years.

Farquharson and her husband, Rod, are parents to three school-aged children.

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NEWS

Langley man killed in crash

A 32-year-old Langley man was killed and his 22-year-old passenger injured in a two vehicle crash in south Cloverdale July 25. A 2003 Saturn, being driven by a resident of North Vancouver, was west bound on 8th Avenue, and was turning left onto 172nd Street when it was in a collision with a motorcycle.

A woman also riding on the motorcycle was transported by Air Ambulance in serious condition.

More online atwww.langleyadvance.com

NEWS

Feds pay to beat up vehicle parts

The Canadian Standards Association Langley facility will get $90,000 from the federal government to create a field test site to certify high-pressure hydrogen and compressed natural gas components for the auto industry.

The CSA will do destructive testing, including gunfire penetration, bonfires, and drop impact testing of items like hydrogen fuel cell containers.

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Surrounded by the cast,Darcy Knopp proposed to Mandy Dyck on the stage of the Bard in the Valley production of Love’s Labour s Lost.

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Teen luring probed A teenaged girl was approached by a stranger in Langley City.

MATTHEW [email protected]

Langley RCMP are worried about a poten-tially disturbing inci-dent that took place in the City on July 15.

A teenaged girl and two 10-year-old boys were walking in the 5400 block of 203rd Street just before 5 p.m., said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP.

The two boys were walking ahead when the teenager was approached by a mid-dle-aged man.

He told her to come with him, but she told him no and ran away, said Largy.

The teenager ran back to the two boys and they continued on their way. The man followed them for a short time before turning off on a side street, said Largy.

The man is described as about 45 years old, 5’10” to 5’11” tall, with brown eyes, a short, scruffy beard, and messy, knotted, frizzy hair. He was wearing a dark brown T-shirt and dirty, grey shorts.

Largy said these incidents remind par-ents to review import-ant safety information with their children, such as not accepting gifts from anyone you don’t know who approaches you.

Also, parents can ensure their children know who they can talk to you freely, said Largy.

Finally, if they do become involved in a suspicious incident like this one, encour-age children to come directly home to tell you about it. That reduces the time delay in reporting to the police.

Anyone with information on this incident can call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200, or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

A suspect received minor injuries in an early morning incident.MATTHEW [email protected]

A stolen truck slammed into a Langley RCMP vehicle early Saturday morning.

The incident began when some-one unloaded an orange Kubota backhoe in front of a home on Wildwood Drive late Friday or early Saturday morning.

Nearby residents were puzzled about the appearance of a piece of industrial machinery in a resi-dential Willowbrook neighbour-hood and called Langley RCMP.

A short time later, the truck and flatdeck trailer that had dropped off the backhoe returned, said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP.

Police found the truck nearby, and an officer activated the emer-gency lights and sirens on his vehicle.

The driver of the Dodge pickup

shifted into reverse and backed into the cruiser at a high rate of speed, said Largy.

The truck then attempted to flee, but drove into a cul-de-sac at Wakefield Drive and 196B Place, said Largy. Trying to escape from the dead end, the truck hit the same police cruiser, this time with the flat deck trailer.

The officer tried to break a win-dow of the truck to get the driver out, but she fled out of the pas-senger door.

The woman driving the pickup tried to run, but was caught after a brief chase. She sustained minor injuries in the collision and was treated and released from hospital before being held in custody.

The officer was not hurt in the crashes.

A 36-year-old Surrey woman was expected to appear in court on July 27.

The Kubota backhoe was a rent-al unit, also stolen. Police aren’t certain why it was unloaded on a residential street, or why the same truck and trailer appeared to be coming back for it when police caught up with the driver.

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Many rodeThe Ride Into History had good weather… for one day.

Rain dampened spirits and fundraising for the first night of Ride Into History, but the sun came out for the big event Saturday.

The annual fundraiser for the Salvation Army Gateway of Hope began July 24 with a concert by Dave Anthony, the Seabillys, and Randy “Elvis” Friskie at the Fort Langley National Historic Site.

More than 200 people attended while the first major rainfall in weeks soaked Langley.

“We needed the rain to help our firefighters this summer,” said Troy Gaglardi, the Ride Into History co-chair. “We took one for the team and endured through the blessing of rain.”

Last year the Friday night concert raised $3,000 in donations, and this year’s total was expected to be down because of the rain.

“In th end, it’s not a loss for us but for the Gateway of Hope, as this event aims to sup-port the funding many of its programs and services,” Gaglardi said.

The Saturday scenic ride and banquet went off without a hitch under sunny skies, and with more than 110 motorcycles registered.

The dinner guests listened to Gary, a for-mer Opportunities Program resident at the Gateway of Hope, who has changed his life with help from its programs, including cook training.

“Best year yet,” said Steve Prost of the Greater Vancouver Motorcycle Club.

Due to the lower donations at the Friday evening events, Gaglardi is asking people to consider donating, whether in person, by mail, or phone to help with the shortfall.

Hospital inspections lagging yet are used to decide spending.

ROB SHAWSpecial to the Langley Advance

B.C. is playing catch up on tracking the physical con-dition of its hospitals, after allowing inspections to get more than a decade out of date. Langley’s most recent such inspection is from around 2003.

The government is spend-ing millions on consultants to generate new “facilities condition index” reports for hospitals. The reports cata-logue such things as struc-tural safety and the condition of electrical systems, roofs, elevators, stairwells, floor-ing, plumbing, fire alarms, boilers, sprinklers and venti-lation systems.

These reports look at a hospital’s physical structure, except for earthquake safety, which is done through a sep-arate process using special-ized consultants.

The knowledge of what is aging, broken and in need of repair in hospitals is suppos-ed to form a key part of how government decides to spend the more than $2.75 billion

in upgrades it has budgeted over the next three years.

The facilities database ranks repairs by priority, giving government a clear list of critical upgrades (such as a failed fire suppression system, or a collapsing ceil-ing), as well as less urgent upgrades, such as aging floors and leaky windows.

But much of the informa-tion is up to 12 years old, after the Ministry of Health allowed its assessments to lag without update since they were first completed between 2003 and 2006.

A copy of the govern-ment’s facilities condition index database, provided to The Vancouver Sun, showed that many of the assessments of B.C.’s 81 hospitals (defined as those with in-patient beds and emergency rooms) are so out-of-date as to be function-ally useless.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the reports are “one part of the tool we use to determine priorities for cap-ital.” Other considerations are demographics, govern-ment priorities and whether a building is functional for future health care needs.

The government spent $6.6

million on the original facili-ties reports, and is spending $4.6 million to update all the reports by 2017.

“It’s valuable information to the health authorities, and when you consider the ($11-million cost) versus the capital plan of $12 billion over 14 years it’s a fairly small number,” said Lake.

“When you are building a business case for each of these facilities and trying to say, OK what comes higher on your list is it this facility

or that facility, every element you have is valu-able for making that assessment.”

Critics say the government’s

failure to keep its inspections up-to-date has left it flying blind in how to spend tax-payer money on repairs.

“It’s really a mystery to me why the government doesn’t have a clear up-to-date assessment on the physical state of our hospitals,” said NDP critic Judy Darcy.

The Health Ministry built the facilities database to track its buildings, set spend-ing priorities, and give an independent way to assess whether B.C.’s six health authorities have defensible arguments when they ask for million to renovate or

replace a hospital.The outdated data has left

government to rely on the health authorities, whose staff are the only ones with firsthand knowledge of what’s broken and what’s repaired inside buildings.

The old facilities reports are often invalidated by renovations, upgrades or, in some cases, building replace-ments done in the subse-quent decade.

More than $86 million in repairs identified in facilities reports for Surrey Memorial Hospital were calculated in 2003-04, and rendered redundant when the new emergency department and critical care tower opened in 2013.

Inspections of Fraser Health Authority’s hospi-tals in Langley, Burnaby, Delta, Mission and New Westminster are as old.

B.C. Nurses’ Union presi-dent Gayle Duteil said the physical state of a hospital affects patient care, due to the quality of things like infection control, the absence of basic hand washing sinks, restrictive washrooms, and the absence of seclusion rooms for agitated or violent patients.

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A stretch of road in Langley City will be widened.

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Langley City is getting its first roundabout, intended to ease traffic flow at the inter-section of 203rd Street and 53rd Avenue.

The City along with the prov-ince and federal government announced the project with each pitching in $1.4 million.

City Mayor Ted Schaffer said that in addition to injecting $6.5 million into the local economy, the project will help with traffic flow, and make it easier for pedestrians and cyc-lists to travel the corridor.

“Before the project breaks ground, the City will consult with the community,” Schaffer said.

The project involves a traffic circle or roundabout at 53rd Avenue, widening of 203rd Street from 53rd Avenue to just south of the bridge over the Nicomekl River and widening

of the 40-year-old bridge. That should extend the bridge’s lifespan another three to four decades.

The project includes dedicat-ed bike lanes on that stretch of road.

The City had the bridge upgrade on its capital priorities list.

“Langley identified this as a priority,” said MP Mark Warawa, representing the fed-eral government at Friday’s announce-ment.

Langley MLA Mary Polak noted this kind of announcement would not be possible if the three levels of government did not have their books in order.

“If it wasn’t for governments watching the pennies, we wouldn’t have these announce-ments,” she said.

Warawa said there would be other funding announcements around the province in the coming weeks.

The money is from the Small Communities Fund that’s part of Build Canada, the infra-structure fund.

Project manager Doug Hyde said the use of a roundabout instead of traffic lights has several benefits. The City will no longer have to maintain and service the traffic lights and traffic flow will be smoother. People don’t sit at traffic lights idling so it’s better for the environment, he said.

“It’s a busy corridor,” Hyde noted.

The roundabout will have accommodation so cyclists and ped-estrians can use it safely.

It will be single lane and the lar-gest vehicles that could use it are

buses.There’s no dates set but the

City will be announcing public consultation on the proposed project.

The City started working on the proposal about five months ago. Under the infrastructure program, the City must com-plete the project by 2017 or lose out on the funds.

“We’re hopeful that it will be completed by fall of 2016,” said Rick Bomhof, the City dir-ector of engineering.

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A man was wound-ed in a targeted attack in Surrey’s Port Kells area early Monday morning.

The RCMP were called after reports of shots heard near 184th Street and 92nd Avenue, said Staff Sgt. Joe Johal. Officers who responded found a wounded man.

Initially police believed the man had been shot, but medical treatment revealed he had been stabbed. Investigators at the scene could not con-firm that there had been a shooting there.

The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. Johal said the incident appears to be targeted.

Police closed down 92nd Avenue between 184 and 187th streets for a few hours after the incident.

Anyone with a tip on the incident was asked to call the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or to remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

“It’s a busy corridor.”Doug Hyde

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OUR VIEW

Water is a special resource

The drought is not over, regard-less of a good soaking for our plants on Friday and Sunday.

Metro Vancouver’s Stage Three watering restrictions

remain in force, and restrictions of greater or lesser severity are also in effect in many parts of B.C., as we cope with one of the longest dry spells in living memory.

Metro Vancouver has been reminding everyone that two days of rain does not break a drought.

The lessons they are hammering home are mostly short term. If we con-serve water now, we’ll be fine through to November. That means sticking to the watering ban, taking shorter showers, and not washing the car for a few weeks.

That’s all relatively simple stuff, and the vast majority of residents will be able to stick with it.

The long term phase could be more important.

Global warming can’t be blamed for any one specific weather system, but we know that around the world, temperatures are rising and weather becoming more extreme. We will likely see more dry sum-mers to come, and with a growing popula-tion, we’ll need to plan ahead.

That could mean expanding the sources of our water, tapping into more reservoirs. After all, even with lower water levels, we have a much smaller population and a lot more lakes than California.

It should also mean looking at perma-nent ways to save water, whether that’s offering more subsidies for water-efficient toilets and shower heads, to more money for repairing leaking water mains, to changing building codes.

We might also want to meter more water while we’re at it, including water that major industrial users take straight out of our aquifers. If, as we’re constantly told, we’re adding a million new residents, we need to think 25 or 50 years out into the future at a minimum. Saving water on a society-wide scale will cost a lot over time, but it’s a drop in the bucket com-pared to the costs of running dry.

– M.C.

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I t’s easy to envy the Americans their political theatre, a theatre that a dedicated surrealist could only stare at in wonder.

Even if there wasn’t Donald Trump, bestriding the Republican race like an orange-tinted colossus, you’d still have a host of other candidates literally chain-sawing the tax code, comparing an arms treaty to the Holocaust, and arguing that it’s fine to take guns to the movies – days after a lethal mass shooting in a movie theatre.

Thanks to America’s position as the richest, most powerful, and in many ways most dysfunctional democracy in the western world, we have another 15 months or so of this madness before the actual election.

Here in Canada, we have a lower insanity threshold. The average Canadian political campaign, even now that they’re being stretched out to six or seven months, can barely produce as many gaffes overall as the U.S. race is already producing per week.

Think of some of the more famous Canadian political missteps – Robert Stanfield fumbling a football back in 1974, John Turner’s “I had no option,” the mockery of Jean Chretien’s facial paralysis, Stockwell Day’s jet ski and wet suit combo, “beer and popcorn.”

These all seem like pretty small beer compared to a country in which you can

apparently slam a man who spent several years as a tor-tured POW as “not a hero.” Yet Donald Trump said that about John McCain, and it doesn’t seem to have hurt him in the polls yet.

If Donald Trump was running in Canada, it’s tempting to say that he couldn’t be elected as a small-town councillor. But Torontonians elected Rob Ford. Multiple times.

Why can some candidates get away with spewing gaffe after gaffe while whole campaigns can be destroyed by one poorly chosen phrase or back-firing attack ad?

The most valuable thing a candidate can do is get the voters to identify with them. When you have that core who think “Yeah, that’s what I’d do if I was him!” you have your base of voters, vol-unteers, and die-hard supporters.

Politicians from Bill Vander Zalm to Jack Layton to Jean Chretien have all parlayed a kind of regular-guy appeal into victory. You can win without that – Stephen Harper is proof that a different approach works – but it helps.

That kind of identification between voter and politician can have a dark side, however.

Trump says outrageous, provably

untrue things about Mexican migrants, his fellow candi-dates and Republicans, his opponents, the press… and he gets away with it.

I think that’s because there is a subset of angry people, who go through life feeling like they’re persecuted. They don’t like immigrants, legal or illegal. They feel like they’ve been held back. They don’t like that they can’t just say any hurtful thing that pops into their heads without

being called out for it.And then Trump appeared, the avatar

of every bellowing, populist impulse of modern America. Here he is, think these voters, the man who says what I would say if only I had the wealth and power to not worry what anyone else thought.

He gives them a perverse hope that maybe, in Trump’s America, they too could somehow get rid of the immi-grants they don’t like, call everyone they don’t like a loser, and get themselves a gold-plated toilet.

We don’t have a national-level Trump-style candidate here in Canada, and they’re rare even in the U.S. But it’s only a matter of time. After all, it’s working for Trump, so far.Read Bob Groeneveld’s Odd Thoughts online

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Should Langley City put a roundabout at 53rd Avenue and 203rd Street? Readers weigh in:Brad Dirks: There is one road in the Langleys that needs attention now... widen the 208th overpass over the #1 highway... Willoughby is the fastest growing community in Langley, and there is very little going into the roads.

Judy Jensen Sturko: No and no....Nobody knows HOW to drive thru a traffic circle which is an acci-dent waiting to happen! The cities put these things in, and the public has NO CLUE how they work! Nobody uses their signals and its just a mess!!!!

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LangleyAdvance Thursday, July 30, 2015 A9COMMUNITY FORUM

Dear Editor,I have just read the letter

[Reunification study sensible, July 9, Langley Advance] where the writer is advocating the join-ing of the Township of Langley and the City of Langley.

I used to think this was a won-derful idea when I lived in the Township.

Langley City seemed sensible and I was all for saving money by joining the two councils.

However, I have in the last year moved into the City from the Township and I am more than relieved to not have the Township council over me.

There has been only trouble, infinite raising of taxes, abso-lutely no listening of the Township council to the con-cerns of its citizens, endless overcrowding in their building areas, and of course, breaking heritage bylaws in Fort Langley for the friends of the mayor.

Now that I live in the City there is no way I want to be associated with the Township and its council.

And I think that the 3,176 folks who signed the petition for amalgamation either do not know what has been going on in the Township, are friends and associates of those pushing for it, or simply, like me, think that it would save money.

They need to look into the reputation and activities of the Township over the last several years before they jump to this conclusion.

They would be paying more in every way, not less.

We here in the City are priv-ileged to have the management we do, maybe not perfect but far superior.

No, we don’t need more meet-ings. We need a council that listens to the citizens, the ones who they promised to lead by democracy.

I also wonder how many hun-dred thousands of dollars they paid the consultant for this amal-gamation study.

It was unnecessary. And a further example of the way the Township operates.

So I would conclude – to those folks in the City of Langley – don’t make a move toward amalgamation until you find out just what the reputation of the Township is like.

Of course the folks of the Township want to join us.

We would benefit them but we would be the losers.

Lois Hooks, Langley City and very relieved

View on amalgamation shifts

Dear Editor,I read in your paper this

week about a meeting for Tall Timbers 2.0.

Your story noted that this was a neighborhood meeting hosted by the owner of the land. There were no plans on display, just an initial meeting to share ideas and to talk.

What a concept – talking to neighbours.

Regardless of where this goes – if the developer decides to apply for rezoning or to stick with the current zoning, they should be commended for reaching out so early in the process to “test the waters” and let the neighbours know they are considering building, giving everyone ample time to process the idea and think about what they might like or not like to see in their neigh-borhood.

I also read Mrs. Stelting – a North Otter resident, has creat-ed yet another “Leave [some-thing] Alone” Facebook group.

Perhaps someone should just start one giant group called “Leave Absolutely Everything, Everywhere Alone. Forever” and invite all of Langley’s dis-gruntled to moan in a single, convenient place.

Or perhaps, that is the pur-pose of Councillor Richter’s

Facebook page since she seems to always be at the forefront of a perceived battle, wooden spoon in hand.

Is “leaving things alone” real-ly a good idea or even remotely realistic?

I was also heartened to read that local realtor Annabel Young is quoted as saying she doesn’t want this area to “turn into another Willoughby”.

That seems plausible. It sounds like she has a

pretty good handle on what is happening in the community.

Another intuitive local realtor is quoted as saying “anything that is developed brings cars.” Really? Cars? Yes, with people in a rural areas comes cars.

Remember – we don’t have transit in Langley.

Are there some folks so des-perate for a fight that they are lighting fires where there are none? Isn’t the lack of com-munication between develop-ment and the community been what people have been railing on about for years?

And now you have a developer opening the door really early in the process and they still can’t catch a break?

There really is no way to please some folks who just want to fight.

C. Reynolds, Langley

Pro-active developer should be applauded

Pot editorial appreciatedDear Editor,

Thank you for your July 16 editorial [Politicians behind on pot laws].

It gave me some validation that my decades of legalization activism were not spent in vain, and that I am not too crazy.

I enjoy cannabis, and I am a good person.

Jay Bergstrom, Forest Ranch, Calif.

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Outdoor films: The first Murrayville House Movie Nights in the Park was July 22 and brought out many movie buffs. The second movie night will feature the animated movie Home on July 29 while Pirates of the Caribbean will be shown Aug. 5. Murrayville House Movie Nights in the Park are hosted by Newmark Group at Denny Ross Park, 4700 Old Yale Rd. Before the movies start at dusk, there’s games, activities, and treats. People can go to www.murrayvillehouse.com to enter related contests.

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KEITH FRASERSpecial to the Langley Advance

The assault conviction of a man who spat at a bus driv-er after being ordered off the bus for refusing to pay his fare has been upheld by the B.C. Supreme Court.

On Nov. 23, 2012, Braydon Dylan Sydney Antone was among a group of young men who boarded a Coast Mountain bus at 272nd Street and Fraser Highway.

The men refused to pay the fare and the driver, Jason Davie, asked them to leave. Antone said something obscene and as he got off the

bus, he spat on the driver, court heard.

Davie left the bus to follow Antone but was unable to reach him. A police officer testified that Antone was among a group of individ-uals stopped near a local high school shortly after the report of the assault. While the officer was talking to them, Antone fled the scene. He was later arrested and charged.

The main issue at the provincial court trial was whether Antone was the one who spat on the driver. A key piece of evidence was footage captured on a digital video camera attached inside

the bus and played in court for the judge.

Davie identified Antone as his assailant but the accused denied that he had spat on the driver, testifying that he was in Squamish at the time with his father. The father, Owen Hubbard, provided an alibi for his son.

The trial judge was not satisfied that the witnesses at trial had sufficient opportun-ity to observe the assailant but said that the video left him in no doubt that Antone was the attacker and found him guilty as charged.

On appeal, Antone’s law-yer argued that the trial judge had made a number of

errors in regard to the video evidence and the alibi evi-dence.

But in his reasons for judg-ment, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gregory Bowden con-cluded that there had been no such errors.

In November, Antone received a three-month con-ditional sentence and 12 months probation.

Nathan Woods, president of Unifor local 111 which represents the province’s 3,500 Coast Mountain bus drivers, said that spitting at drivers is one of the most egregious forms of assault.

– Keith Fraser is a Province reporter.

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Piper Colin Fraser first set foot in British Columbia around 1839.

And people can meet him during Brigade Days on the August long week-end.

The ‘modern’ Colin Fraser is portrayed by Colin Barrett.

When Barrett was asked to be part of a new activ-ity at the Fort Langley National Historic Site in 1984, he ended up por-traying Fraser with whom he shares many similar-ities.

Aside from the first name, Barrett is also a piper and uses that skill as a volun-teer at the site.

Brigade Days, a way for the community to mark B.C. Day, features the arriv-al of voyageur canoes on the Fraser River shoreline.

“They wanted to cele-brate the BC Day weekend by having a group of vol-unteers portraying what life might have looked like dur-ing the return of the brig-ade,” Barrett explained.

Well, that first year there weren’t too many visitors but the event has become an annual tradition.

“The following year a number of volunteers set up primitive tents to stay over and the visitation was better. In 1986, Expo year, the fort exploded with over 5,000 visitors over the Saturday and Sunday,” he said.

Fraser came to the New World after winning a contest but may not have ended up liking the prize.

“George Simpson Sr. back in Great Britain, felt that because his son now held such a high position, as governor of the Hudson Bay Company, he needed to have his own piper. A competition was held, where the pipers were to march while playing for two miles,” he said. “The winner was Colin Fraser.”

Fraser sailed from Scotland to York Factory.

“Having never been off land before, he had a mis-erable trip over,” Barrett noted.

Once in York Factory he was introduced to Governor

Simpson and plans were made for Simpson’s “review” of the Hudson Bay outposts from Upper Canada to New Caledonia, and to Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, around 1839 or 1840.

But Fraser found the voyageur’s rigourous life-style difficult. Simpson wrote in his journals that Fraser wan’t much when it came to bale or paddle but had no equal when it came to jigs and hornpipes.

Barrett has even con-vinced people from Scotland that he’s a son of Edinburgh when in his character.

In the early years of por-traying Fraser, Barrett met his descendents.

“These encounters were very special for me,” Barrett said. “The relatives expressed how grateful they were knowing someone was keeping the memory of Colin alive.”

Brigade Days keeps the history of Fort Langley alive with special voyageur activities Aug. 1, 2 and 3 and the special Arrival of the Fur Brigade which hap-pens on Monday, Aug. 3 at 1 p.m.

The volunteers help at the historic site year-round, giving the public, includ-

ing those from around the globe, a chance to learn more about life around the time when this province was proclaimed.

“I think we have a spe-cial privilege in being able to bring the Fort alive for the visitors,” Barrett said. “People are intrigued by our clothing, food, our camps. ‘You actually stay here?’ is something I have heard many, many times. Some find it hard to believe we would ‘subject’ our-selves to this hard living. Hey, don’t you camp? There isn’t much difference other than we don’t use a Coleman stove to cook on.”

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A procession leaves the Fort Langley National Historic Site and heads to the Fraser River waterfront for the annual Arrival of the Fur Brigades each August.

BRIGADE DAYSFrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2 and 3, enjoy stories, music and displays of traditional skills such as carding and spinning wool, and musket firing. Regular admission rates apply.• The Arrival of the Fur Brigades is at 1 p.m. on Monday.• Enjoy a free BC Day concert at 6 p.m. Monday. Feel free to bring a picnic.Entertainment will be by the Langley Community Music School Fiddlers and Swing Patrol.

July and AugustLove’s Labour’s Lost Bard in the Valley perfor-mances of the Shakespeare classic are July 30 and 31 as well as Aug. 1 and 2 at Douglas Park Spirit Square. Thursday, Friday and Satur-day evening performances begin at 7 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Free ad-mission. Bring a lawnchair.

Aug. 1A Night of Inspiration and Comedy The fundrais-er for the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund is Aug. 1 at Cascades Casino. Buffet dinner and enter-tainment. $75 per person or $600 for a table of eight. Guest speaker: Heidi Cave, author of Fancy Feet and a burn victim. Tickets: 604-436-5617 or [email protected]. Info: burnfund.org.

Aug. 1-3Brigade Days Celebrate the B.C. Day weekend with activities at the Fort Langley National Historic Site Aug. 1 to 3. Regular admission rates apply. Meet historical characters, music, stories, demonstrations of traditional skills. At 1 p.m. on Aug. 3, watch the re-enactment of the arrival of the fur bri-gades on the waterfront.

Aug. 7Cinema Under the Stars Prospera hosts an outdoor movie (Home) at dusk on Aug. 7 at Willoughby Park (beside the Langley Events Centre). Volunteers wanted to help at this fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Langley. Email: [email protected]. Bring lawn chair, blankets and bug spray. Refreshments for purchase. Info: www.bbbslangley.com.

Aug. 8Garden Party and Tour Enjoy tea at Michaud House, a historic property, on Aug. 8. This fundraiser for the Langley Gogos runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: $6, includes tea and scones, enterainment, a gardening display, tour of the home and more. Bags, jams and jellies, soap, books and more for sale to raise funds.

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Langley Demonstration GardenSummer ProgramsThe Langley Demonstration Garden has a busy summer planned!

An educational facility operated by the Langley Environmental Partners Society in partnership with the Township of Langley, the Demonstration Garden is located in the Derek Doubleday Arboretum in the 21200 block of Fraser Highway. It is open year-round to demonstrate sustainable gardening techniques and staffed weekdays from May to August.

This summer, a number of fun and informative events, activities, and programs will be held and the public is encouraged to take part.

Intro to Pressure Canning – Wednesday, August 19, 7 - 8:30pm: Participants will learn how to safely preserve low-acid food at home and take the fear out of pressure canning. Please RSVP by August 15.

Blackberry Bake-Off and Open House – Thursday, August 20, 3:30 – 6:30pm: The popular annual tradition continues! Enter a blackberry creation in the Bake-Off for the chance to win fame as Langley’s best blackberry chef. Enjoy a locally-sourced barbecue for just $5, visit the kids’ craft corner, and groove to live music. No registration necessary unless entering a culinary creation, in which case, please register with LEPS.

Registration is now full for Eco Explorers kids’ day camps. See you next year!For more information and to register, contact:

Langley Environmental Partners Society [email protected] 604.546.0344

Water Restrictions in Effect Until September 30 – STAGE 3All forms of lawn sprinkling using treated drinking water are prohibited.Power washing and surface washing for aesthetic purposes is prohibited.

No outdoor washing or rinsing of vehicles and pleasure craft is permitted, except what is required for safety - windows, lights, and licences only.

Exemption permits are no longer available for new lawns under Stage 3 restrictions; any permits issued previously during Stage 2 are now void.

The Township of Langley’s Water Shortage Response Bylaw has four stages of watering restrictions:

• Stage 1 automatically implemented every year

• Stages 2 and 3 used in times of extended drought or when facing a water supply issue

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All areas of the Township are subject to the next stages of restrictions if deemed necessary by Metro Vancouver or the General Manager of Engineering.

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road closureTemporary Road Closure: 232 StreetBetween 56 Avenue and 64 AvenueA temporary road closure will be in effect along 232 Street between 56 Avenue and 64 Avenue from Thursday, August 6 to Friday, August 7, 8:00am - 4:30pm each day. The closure is required to complete a cross culvert replacement and maintenance work. A detour route is outlined on the map.

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Dealer order/t rade may be necessary. ††The Nissan Loyalty Offer (“Offer”) is available only to eligible customers who (as of Feb 1, 2015) lease/leased, finance/financed or own/owned a 2009 or newer Nissan brand vehicle (an “Existing Vehicle”). Eligibility for the Offer will be determined by Nissan Canada Inc. (“NCI”) in its sole discretion. Proof of current or previous ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferrable or assignable, except to a co-owner/co-leasee of the Existing Vehicle who resides within the same household as the intended recipient of the Offer. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and daily rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through NCI and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. (collectively “NCF”), then he/she will receive a specified amount of stackable loyalty dollars (“Loyalty Dollars”), as follows: (i) Micra/Versa/Sentra ($500); (ii) Juke/Altima/Rogue ($ 600); (iii) Frontier/Xterra/Leaf/Murano/Pathfinder ($800); and (iv) Maxima/Z/Titan, Armada/GT-R ($1000). Loyalty Dollars will be applied before taxes which means they are inclusive of all applicable taxes. Alternatively, if the eligible customer elects to purchase or lease/finance an Eligible New Vehicle (excluding GT-R and Leaf) other than through NCF, then he/she will receive a three-year/48,000 kilometers (whichever comes first) Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan which consists of a maximum of 6 service visits, each consisting of 1 oil change (using conventional 5W30 motor oil) and 1 tire rotation. For complete details on the Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan, ask your dealer. Offer has no cash redemption value and can be combined with other offers. Offer valid on Eligible New Vehicles purchased/leased/financed and delivered between Jun. 2-July 31, 2015. For more information see IIHS.org. Conditions apply. Model(s) shown for illustration purposes only. Offer subject to change or cancellation without notice. While quantities last. Ask your dealer or visit www.nissan.ca for complete details. Nissan names, logos and slogans are trademarks owned by or licensed to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and/or its North American subsidiaries. ©2015 Nissan Canada Inc. All rights reserved.

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Cash purchase buyers or buyers who finance outside of Nissan Finance are also not eligible for this choice. 3No charge extended warranty is valid for up to 60 months or 100,000 km (whichever occurs first) from the warranty start date and zero (0) kilometers. Some conditions/limitations apply. The no charge extended warranty is the Nissan Added Security Plan (“ASP”) and is administered by Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. (“NCESI”). In all provinces NCESI is the obligor. This offer includes the Gold level of coverage. Retail value of ASP is based on MSRP $1,500 for a new 2015 Altima Sedan. Dealers are free to set individual prices. †Representative finance offer based on a new 2015 Altima 2.5 (T4LG15 AA00). Selling Price is $24,493 financed at 0% APR equals 72 monthly payments of $340 monthly for a 72 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $24,493. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. $1,000 My Choice Bonus Cash is included in advertised offers. Models shown $35,977 Selling price for a new 2015 Altima 3.5 SL CVT (T4SG15 NV00). $19,998 MSRP price for a new 2015 Altima 2.5 CVT Transmission (T4LG15 AA00). MSRP price includes $1,000 My Choice Bonus Cash, $4,380 non-stackable cash and $115 dealer participation. * Freight and PDE charges ($1,695) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Dealer order/t rade may be necessary. ††The Nissan Loyalty Offer (“Offer”) is available only to eligible customers who (as of Feb 1, 2015) lease/leased, finance/financed or own/owned a 2009 or newer Nissan brand vehicle (an “Existing Vehicle”). Eligibility for the Offer will be determined by Nissan Canada Inc. (“NCI”) in its sole discretion. Proof of current or previous ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferrable or assignable, except to a co-owner/co-leasee of the Existing Vehicle who resides within the same household as the intended recipient of the Offer. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and daily rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through NCI and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. (collectively “NCF”), then he/she will receive a specified amount of stackable loyalty dollars (“Loyalty Dollars”), as follows: (i) Micra/Versa/Sentra ($500); (ii) Juke/Altima/Rogue ($ 600); (iii) Frontier/Xterra/Leaf/Murano/Pathfinder ($800); and (iv) Maxima/Z/Titan, Armada/GT-R ($1000). Loyalty Dollars will be applied before taxes which means they are inclusive of all applicable taxes. Alternatively, if the eligible customer elects to purchase or lease/finance an Eligible New Vehicle (excluding GT-R and Leaf) other than through NCF, then he/she will receive a three-year/48,000 kilometers (whichever comes first) Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan which consists of a maximum of 6 service visits, each consisting of 1 oil change (using conventional 5W30 motor oil) and 1 tire rotation. For complete details on the Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan, ask your dealer. Offer has no cash redemption value and can be combined with other offers. Offer valid on Eligible New Vehicles purchased/leased/financed and delivered between Jun. 2-July 31, 2015. For more information see IIHS.org. Conditions apply. Model(s) shown for illustration purposes only. Offer subject to change or cancellation without notice. While quantities last. Ask your dealer or visit www.nissan.ca for complete details. Nissan names, logos and slogans are trademarks owned by or licensed to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and/or its North American subsidiaries. ©2015 Nissan Canada Inc. All rights reserved.

CURRENT NISSAN OWNERS THAT QUALIFY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $1,000†† LOYALTY CASH ON SELECT MODELS

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Believed to have originated in China over 4,000 years ago, peaches now make up a large portion of the fresh fruit crop sales in British Columbia.

Similar to many tree fruits, peaches will ripen after they have been picked, however they will typically not

get any sweeter.The sweetness level

will be determined by whether the peach-es were allowed to grow to maturity on the tree. Although maturity and ripe-ness may sound the same, a mature fruit is described as one that has grown to a degree that allows it to ripen. The ripeness of fruit focuses more on the texture appeal.

Maximum sweetness levels will develop on the tree, while the juiciness and softness continue to evolve after the fruit is har-vested.

Peaches can easily be canned or frozen to help extend the season into the winter months.

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Just peachyDear Anne,

I have a plum tree that’s infected with black knot. What do I do after I’ve pruned them? Online it says burn them, but that’s not appropriate in this weather. If I throw them in the compost bin, will it be made into compost and spread the disease?”

Serena Chan, Vancouver

Dear Serena,When the weather’s dry,

burning definitely won’t do. Nor will home composting. The online information would probably refer to burning within wood stoves in houses or outside in normally moist rural areas. In cities outside burning is generally illegal.

But there’s another safe option, Serena: digging a hole at least 12 inches (30 centimetres) deep and deeper if you can, then burying the black knot branches which you’ve cut into small pieces so that they fit better.

Lawns are good places for this type of burial. Any soil that’s unlikely to be dug up will also do.

It’s best to sterilize your pruners in a small contain-er of 10 per cent bleach as you work on your tree and also after you’ve prepared

the infected branches for burying.

The tem-peratures in city-type green waste com-posting should definitely be high enough to sterilize diseased plant material.

But in rural areas where garbage needs

to be taken by home-owners to a transfer station, the habit in past years was to simply place infected plant material in the garbage. Green waste bins are now available in most transfer stations.

If you prune for black knot every winter, you will grad-ually have less infection. But some is inevitable because spores from untreated neigh-bourhood infections will con-tinue to blow in on the wind.

Black knot pruning is best done in fall when trees are dormant and leafless. Spores are released in early spring.Dear Anne,

What is the best time to take cuttings from my white hydrangea and plant them. Will it grow successfully in a big pot as opposed to planting in the ground?

Terry Wong, BurnabyHydrangea cuttings root

very easily and will do so in a big pot or in an outside garden provided you keep the soil moist with careful and frequent watering. It will be best if the pot stands in shade or semi-shade.

But this isn’t a good time to take cuttings because it’s so hot and dry. Hydrangeas hate both situations.

It would be best to wait until the late fall and cooler weather. It would be even better if natural rain begins falling sometimes. If not, start the cuttings anyway but be very careful to keep the soil moist and put the pot in shade.

I wonder if your hydrangea is a mophead (big, round heads and not much over three feet (one metre) tall or a shrub type. Both will grow nicely in a big pot, but every few years they will need to be taken out and root-pruned and top-pruned so that they fit better.

If your chosen pot is large, your new hydrangea may be contented for several years. But eventually, you’ll notice the soil in the pot dries out frequently and the shrub doesn’t look as healthy. Then you’ll know it’s time for some therapeutic pruning

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Seventy Years AgoJuly 26, 1945

ˠThe volunteer fire department said its pumper would not go out of the Langley fire zone except for a major blaze.

Sixty Years AgoJuly 28, 1955

ˠA Municipal Act techni­cality disqualified three municipal councillors, Bill Poppy, Eric Flowerdew, and Walter Jensen, from keeping seats. All were members of the Otter Farmers Insititute, from which Langley municipality bought oil and gas.

Twenty Years AgoJuly 26, 1995

ˠAt the suggestion of the Langley Chamber of Commerce, Township council agreed to meet with their City counterparts about an amalgamation study.

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Thunder takes A1 bronze

The Langley A1 Thunder battled to a bronze medal at the Subway British Columbia Lacrosse Association (BCLA) box lacrosse provincial championships for the midget division in Prince George.

The tournament took place July 22 to 26 and involved 26 midget teams from around B.C. in the A1, A2, B and C divisions.

The Thunder edged Ridge Meadows 8-7 in the bronze medal game.

Langley’s Riley Richardson was named as a provincial all-star while an All Warrior Sports Canada Fair Play Award went to the Thunder’s Jordan Daniel.

More online atwww.langleyadvance.com

ROWING

Bauder medals at Pan Ams

Langley’s Kristin Bauder made up one-half of Canada’s bronze medal winning rowing duo at the Pan American Games in Toronto and its surrounding areas.

Bauder, who turns 26 on Aug. 10, teamed with Victoria’s Rosie DeBoef to capture bronze in women’s coxless pairs during the Pan Am rowing competition in St. Catharines, Ont.

More online atwww.langleyadvance.com

CYCLING

Tuft finishes Tour de France

Langley cyclist Svein Tuft finished 159th, 4:48:08 off the pace, at the Tour de France.

Tour winner Chris Froome and his teammates pedalled slowly over the finish line, soaking up the applause Sunday on the Champs-Elysees.

More online atwww.langleyadvance.com

THURSDAY, July 30, 2015 | Page A19

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The Langley juniors suffered a season-opening defeat to the V.I. Raiders.

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The defending B.C. Football Conference champion Langley Rams appeared poised to kick off their 2015 season with a win late Saturday afternoon in Nanaimo.

Then the second half hap-pened.

Leading 14-9 at halftime, the Rams coughed the ball up five times and were outscored 13-0 during the second half in a 22-14 loss to their longtime rivals, the Vancouver Island (VI) Raiders at Caledonia Park.

Rams head coach Jeff Alamolhoda said his team showed flashes of what they’re capable of during the game but couldn’t sustain momentum over four quarters of football.

“We didn’t execute when we had our opportunities, and we did get our opportunities a lot of times,” Alamolhoda said. “We just didn’t capitalize. We weren’t able to put drives together and put points on the

board and that hurt us in the long run.”

The Rams scored all 14 of their points during the second quarter, courtesy of touchdown receptions from running back Jordan Traversy and tailback Nathan Lund.

But the visitors weren’t able to muster any points in the first, third, and fourth stanzas.

A turning point came early in the fourth quarter, with the Raiders trailing 14-12.

Raiders linebacker Dexter Shea recovered a Rams fum-ble at midfield and took it down to the Langley nine-yard line before quarterback Liam

O’Brien put it in the endzone on second and goal on a naked bootleg to give his team a five-point lead.

Also scoring a major for the Raiders was receiver Dustin

Rodriguez.Raiders’ kicker

Matias Bueno was good on both of his field goal attempts while also booting a pair of converts.

Meanwhile, Rams kicker Brian Hope missed his lone field goal try from 25 yards out.

Offensively, Rams quarterback Devoun Hallums had a decent day, connecting on 19 of 36 pass attempts for 284 yards and two touchdowns.

Two of Hallums’ passes were

picked off.The Rams’ ground game sput-

tered as the game wore on, with a paltry 11 total yards rushing in the second half.

Leading Langley’s defence in a losing cause were defensive lineman Brock Gowanlock with four quarterback sacks, three tackles, and one assist, defen-sive back Darrian Matassa-Fung with five tackles, one assist, and one knockdown, and defensive lineman Alex Agnoletto with four tackles and three assists.

An 0-1 start doesn’t worry Alamolhoda, because there are nine games still to go in the BCFC season. “Definitely, no time to press the panic button at this stage. We saw glimpses of being really good and what we can do.”

FINAL DOWN: The Rams were looking for a winning start to their campaign after coming off a 2014 season that saw them go 7-3 and win both of their playoff games, before losing on home soil to the Saskatoon Hilltops in the Canadian Bowl, emblematic of the national jun-ior football championship.

The Rams will look for their first win when they visit the Kamloops Broncos this Sunday, Aug. 2 at Hillside Stadium.

– Files from Scott McKenzie,Nanaimo Daily News

JUNIOR FOOTBALL

Rams stumble in loss to V.I. Raiders

Aaron Hinks/Nanaimo Daily News

Punt returner John Beckerleg and the Langley Rams weren’t able to run away with their B.C. Football Conference game against the V.I. Raiders at Caledonia Park in Nanaimo on Saturday.

“We just didn’t capitalize.”Jeff Alamolhoda

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Sharing pool space with Special Olympics athletes from around the world pushed Langley’s Josh Low to be at his best.

Low became the first gold medalist at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles with a win (and personal best) in the 25-metre back stroke, with the rest of Canada’s swim team bringing a

total of seven medals and a record eight personal-best times at the pool Sunday, which marked the opening day of competition at the Games.

Profiled by the Langley Advance [World games in L.A. await trio], Low joins basketball players Alastair Singh and Matthew Williams as Langley residents competing for Canada at the world games, which run July 25 to Aug. 2.

> Read more at langleyadvance.com, search “Josh Low”

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Golden day for Langley swimmer at world gamesSwimmer Josh Low sat by the edge of the Walnut Grove Community Centre’s aquatic facility recently, before heading to the Special Olympics World Games currently taking place in Los Angeles.

Troy LandrevilleLangley Advance

Josh Low was as good as gold in the pool on the opening day of competition in Los Angeles.

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2015 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS

19th Annual Business Excellence AwardsRecognizes the Growing U40 Business Community

The Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce’s Celebration of Excellence Awards recognizes and honours business excellence in our community. The awards evening in October provides an opportunity to celebrate Langley businesses and individuals who have made a signifi cant contribution to business, community spirit and service by demonstrating outstanding business leadership, innovation and success.

“We look forward to the Celebration of Excellence each year because it is a great way to honour our local businesses and celebrate as a community,” said President Scott Johnston. “We encourage our Members and the public at large to nominate a local business, business person or not-for-profi t organization that they feel is deserving of recognition.”

Nominations are now being accepted for the following Business Excellence Awards:� George Preston Memorial Business Person of the Year� Entrepreneur of the Year� U40 Business Person of the Year - NEW FOR 2015!� Service Excellence� Business of the Year (Small/Medium/Large)� Environmental Leadership� Community Impact Award (For-Profi t)� Community Impact Award (Not-for-Profi t)

“This year’s planning committee wanted to include a U40 Business Person of the Year category to recognize an individual age 40 or under who has distinguished themselves by supporting business growth,” said Johnston. “The recipient will be someone who inspires others with their business vision, leadership and achievement, and who contributes to community programs. We already know there are lots of worthy nominees in our community so now we need people to recognize them by fi lling out the nomination form.”

To nominate a business or business person, or to purchase tickets ($80.00+GST)to the awards evening (Thursday, October 29 at Cascades Casino Resort),

please visit www.langleychamber.com or call the Chamber offi ce at 604-371-3770.

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Among the young skateboarders learning tricks and manoeuvres during a camp at the Brookswood skatepark and hosted by Recreation Excellence were, left to right, seven-year-old Kobyn McLauchlin, eight-year-old Cameron Chilzers, and 11-year-old Sam Isaak.

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Kobyn McLauchlin, seven, turned on a ramp Tuesday morning during a skateboarding camp put on by Recreation Excellence at the Brookswood skatepark.

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A handful of young-sters didn’t mind tak-ing a few lumps at the Brookswood skatepark this week.

That’s because the end result would make them better skate-boarders.

Part and parcel with a camp hosted by Recreation Excellence and taught by 16-year-old Sammy Vankevich were occasional tips and tumbles onto the pavement.

Vankevich taught the ’boarders basics such as “ollies” (jumping in one place where all four of the skateboard’s wheels come off the ground, usually the first trick attempted by a begin-ner skateboarder) and safely moving up and then turning down banked ramps at the park.

“I’ve already taught one camp and it was a ton of fun and we’ve had nothing but good response,” said Vankevich. “The kids really loved it and improved their skills.”

Vankevich said once a skateboarder gets the basics down, “it’s all about progressing from there. Balance and committing are the big things.”

The next camp for skateboarding newbies ages six to 12 is Aug. 24 to 28, from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

To register, visit the office inside the George Preston Recreation Centre, which is situated next to the skatepark, or call 604-530-1323.

Helmets are manda-tory, and elbow pads and knee pads are highly recommended.

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2nd Prize:All inclusive for two people with accommodations for up to 8 in a 3 bedroom suite. No air � ight included.$10,000 Value

Contest #8 started May 5th, 2014

Draw date Aug 30, 2014

you might be the NEXT WINNER!

Bonnie Wells of LangleyPenny Hamulas of Langley Bonnie Wells of LangleyBonnie Wells of LangleyPenny Hamulas of LangleyPenny Hamulas of Langley

New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.

Debbie Mozelle DESIGNER EYEWEAR

White Rock - CENTRAL PLAZA1554 Foster St. (Behind the TD Bank)

604-538-5100

FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED FOR OVER 24 YEARSLANGLEY MALL

123-5501 - 204th St. (next to Army & Navy in the Court Yard)

604-532-1158

Member of the

* WITH EYEWEAR PURCHASE ASK ABOUT DIGITAL PROGRESSIVES WITH NO PERIPHERAL DISTORTION!

www.debbiemozelle.ca

*FREE SIGHT TESTING

ASK ABOUT DIGITAL PROGRESSIVES WITH NO PERIPHERAL DISTORTION!Must be over 19 and under 65 years of age.

We will match or beat any competitors advertised price. New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.

*Some restrictions may apply. Kodak is a trademark of Eastman Kodak, used under licence by Signet Armorlite Inc.

IncludesSingle Vision

$49FREEFRAMES*

Debbie Mozelle Designer Eyewear

*LIMITED TIME OFFER

Single VisionLenses with

Multi A/R Coating $99Debbie Mozelle Designer Eyewear

Reg.$149.95

*LIMITED TIME OFFER

Bifocals $79IncludesFREE

FRAMES*Debbie Mozelle Designer Eyewear

*LIMITED TIME OFFER

Progressives$139Includes

FREEFRAMES*

Debbie Mozelle Designer Eyewear

*LIMITED TIME OFFER

Big discounts on Deep Sea Fishing and Golf.See in store for details.

1st Prize:All inclusive for twopeople, including airand accommodationsfor up to 8 people ina Presidential Suite.$12,000 Value

2nd Prize:All inclusive for two people with accommodations for up to 8 in a 3 bedroom suite. No air � ight included.$10,000 Value

Contest #8 started May 5th, 2014

Draw date Aug 30, 2014

you might be the NEXT WINNER!

Bonnie Wells of LangleyBonnie Wells of Langley

New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.

Big discounts on Deep Sea Fishing and Golf.

New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.

1st Prize:All inclusive for twopeople, including airand accommodationsfor up to 8 people ina Presidential Suite.$12,000 Value

2nd Prize:All inclusive for two people with accommodations for up to 8 in a 3 bedroom suite. No air � ight included.$10,000 Value

3rd Prize:All inclusive for two people with accommodations for up to 6 in a two bedroom suite.No air � ight included.$6,000 Value

WIN 1 OF 3 TRIPS TO MAZATLAN!

Contest #12 started June 29th, 2015

Draw date September 26th, 2015

you might be the NEXT WINNER!

Big discounts on Deep Sea Fishing and Golf.See in store for details.

New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.New fully computerized lens fabrication laboratory on site that makes the highest quality precision lenses or glasses available in the Lower Mainland.We direct bill your insurance provider

Single VisionPolarized Prescription

Sunglasses

$135*including frame

Congratulations!

LangleyAdvanceA24 Thursday, July 30, 2015