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Andrea Wetteland, who has fragile X syndrome, says she counts on the bus to get around, but isnt sure if shell renew her BC Bus Pass after the provincial government ended a $45-per-year pass for those with disabilities.

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Advocates warn elimination of $45/year bus pass will impact disabled

For 11 years, Andrea Wetteland says her BC Bus Pass has been her lifeline, allowing her to get around town with-out thinking how much transportation is eating into her fixed disability in-come from the province.

This year, however, Wetteland is faced with what she says is an unwel-come dilemma whether to use the majority of the first increase to disabil-ity assistance in nine years to augment her already tight budget, or to use it on that vital lifeline, which connects her with programs, friends and visits with her children.

When Finance Minister and Abbotsford West MLA Mike de Jong brought in the provinces 2016 budget, it came with what seemed like good news for disability advocates, who had long called for disability assistance rates to be raised to keep up with in-flation.

The 2016 budget aimed to address that by boosting the disability benefit by $77 per month. But as the govern-ment gave more, it also eliminated a special $45/year bus pass for the dis-abled. Now, those who wish to take the bus can pay $52 per month, along with a $45 yearly administrative fee.

Currently, 35,000 people around the province use the bus pass.

Those who choose to buy a pass will be left with an additional $25 per month over the previous disability al-lowance, for a year-over-year increase of just under three per cent.

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It may be overgrown with weeds now, but Jeff Gruban has renewed optimism that a two-acre parcel of unde-veloped land on Valley Road near the Matsqui Transfer Station could play a big role in help-ing solve homelessness in Abbotsford.

Last week, the Abbotsford Dignitarian Society, of which Gruban is the president, resubmitted its propos-al for a community of 40 cabins to house the homeless. The group had first submitted a proposal for what it calls Abby Digs near-ly two years ago, but that project stalled, in part because the pro-posal was included in another plan by a land-scaping company for an adjacent area on the same nine-acre parcel of undeveloped land.

On Thursday, the so-ciety resubmitted to the city its application for a temporary-use per-mit for the site, which is currently zoned for agricultural/residential use but not included in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

After examination by staff, the application

would need approval by city council.

While Gruban was hesitant to comment on how he thinks coun-cil might respond to the application, he said he feels optimistic about the societys proposal and that there seems to be more interest in the project than ever before.

He said the lack of affordable housing in Abbotsford, the tem-porary nature of the 40-bed Riverside Road winter shelter, and last falls Supreme Court decision that gives the

homeless the right to set up overnight camp in public parks have all put into stark relief the need for more shelters for the homeless.

There is a feeling from my perspective that there is now inter-est in parsing our plan, Gruban said.

The societys propos-al is inspired by a dig-nity village for home-less people in Portland, Ore., but has several differences, Gruban said.

As envisioned by the society, the project would feature 40 eight-

by-10-foot cabins, with separate buildings for cooking, washrooms and showers. The soci-ety put the cost to con-struct the two-stage project at just $250,000, with the hope that money could be raised through fundraising.

Last month, Mayor Henry Braun said safety concerns and the lack of upkeep of the Gladys Avenue protest encamp-ment had him wary of setting aside property for self-regulated camp-ing and shelters for the homeless.

Gruban said the Abby

Digs proposal entails several layers of man-agement, and council would have the ability to pull the sites permit.

Residents would elect a strata council, Gruban said, but there would also be an on-site sala-ried caretaker, and the entire project would be managed by the Abbotsford Dignitarian Societys board of di-rectors. Operating costs would be covered by rent from occupants. Gruban noted that so-cial assistance provides recipients with $375 for housing, and that while the cost of renting in Abbotsford usually far exceeds that sum, rents of that total would be sufficient to operate the site.

While the propos-al has just gone before council, Gruban said that once approved, construction would be completed by winter.

Gruban said the so-ciety has also planned extensive consultations with the public. The last time the proposal was submitted, in 2014, a petition was created in opposition to the proj-ect. Opponents worried about property crime, along with the rural na-ture of the site.

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Renewed optimism for homeless village proposal

Plan would see 40 cabins and outbuildings built on Valley RoadTyler OLSENAbbotsford News


Abbotsford Dignitarian Society board secretary Nancy Gallagher and president Jeff Gruban stand at the site of a proposed 40-cabin housing project for the homeless on Valley Road.

Teen charged with murder of womanIncident occurred Feb. 24 in Yarrow

A 19-year-old man has been charged with the Feb. 24 murder of a 51-year-old woman in Yarrow.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced Sunday that Clayton Jacob Warkentin was arrested without incident on Friday evening and charged with first-degree murder.

His next appearance in Chilliwack provincial court is slated for March 14.

IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said the victim and suspect are known to each other, and the incident appears to be domestic in nature. She said no new information will be released as the matter is now before the courts.

Public safety was paramount in this investigation. This is a sit-uation where investigators working in partnership with UFVRD

(Upper Fraser Valley Regional District) RCMP were able to put the pieces together and in just over one week obtain the grounds to make an arrest, Ashton said.

Police had been called in the early hours of Feb. 24 to check on the well-being of a woman living in the 42000 block of Yarrow Central Road. An officer arrived and found her dead.

The cause of the womans death has not been released.Warkentin is also before the courts on another matter,

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The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) is always looking for po-tential new recruits, but finding the right candi-dates sometimes proves difficult.

Const. John Wilcox of the recruiting section said the department is currently looking to fill nine positions left va-cant by the retirement or resignation of exist-ing officers.

But he said many applicants dont do enough research to meet even the basic cri-teria for example, they dont have basic first aid or they havent had an eye exam within the last six months.

Another area where they are often unpre-pared is the grueling Peace Officers Physical Abilities Testing (POPAT), which includes obsta-cles, jumps, an agility bar, an 80-pound push-pull exercise and a 100-pound bag carry.

The test must be completed within four minutes and 15 sec-onds, and applicants are also required to finish a 2.4 km run following the completion of the POPAT.

Wilcox said many people are fit enough to complete the run, but underestimate the stamina and strength needed to finish the POPAT.

Information about the selection process and required steps is on the APD website at abbypd.ca under careers.

The APD is also hold-ing an information ses-sion for prospective ap-plicants on Wednesday, March 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Clearbrook Library (32320 George Ferguson Way).

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The 13th annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards were held Friday night at the Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre, with honours present-ed in seven categories.

The event featured Fred Lee of CBC Radio Ones The Early Edition as master of ceremo-nies.

Entertainment was provided by the mu-sical duo Quieros, Tha Realm Dance Studio, and singer Jaia Hernandez.

The event was pre-sented by Abbotsford Community Services in partnership with Mission and Chilliwack Community Services and the Langley-based New Directions English Langley School.

The Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards started in 2003

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to give disability recipients more choice and put those in rural areas on level terms.

But disability advocates have reacted angrily, calling the move mean-spirit-ed and saying it will force the disabled to choose between transportation and necessities like food.

A petition has been launched that or-ganizers hope will hit 20,000 names by Wednesday.

Wetteland, who is 28, has fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that brings with it learning disabilities and some cognitive impairment.

Chatty and outgoing, Wetteland is high-functioning and has held down a four-days-a-week job at A&W for the last eight months. She lives on her own, and budgets carefully for her expenses and the ever-rising cost of living.

She says she can afford to pay her bills only because she augments her disabil-ity cheque with her earnings from her minimum-wage job.

Wetteland cant drive, and counts on the bus for both her social life and to continue accessing those community programs that have given her the skills to obtain and keep a job. She also uses it to visit her two children, whom she had

at a young age and gave up for adoption.I need the bus to go anywhere.Wetteland appreciates that the gov-

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I dont know what to do, she said. Im stuck between a rock and a hard place.

In a statement to The News, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation said the changes are about fairness and equity. Currently, about 45,000 people on disability assis-tance do not receive any transportation supports. As of September, everyone on disability assistance will receive the same level of benefits.

The ministry noted that those with a bus pass will see their benefits increase

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The government has said the budget for the BC Bus Pass program was $20 million.

But for the disabled who rely on buses to stay involved in their com-munity, the move will force difficult choices, according to Rick Beckett, an employment specialist at Abbotsford Community Services (ACS).

Beckett says access to transportation is key for many of the clients he works with. He said the governments move is a disincentive for people to get employment and purchase a bus pass.

He said making transportation more expensive is likely to discourage some from venturing forth from their homes and building the skills they need to be happy and productive.

The increase to the disability benefit was welcomed, but the bus pass hike has left service providers disappoint-ed.

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The Abbotsford News has been nominated for seven Ma Murray BCYCNA awards, which recognize excellence in com-munity newspapers in British Columbia and the Yukon.

The News has been nominat-ed for Newspaper Excellence in the second-largest category, along with fellow Black Press papers the Cowichan Valley Citizen and Peace Arch News.

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The provincial government made it-self a target for the flak its receiving for doing away with a $45/year bus pass for the disabled.

For the first time in nine years, the province did boost disability benefits by $77 per month. But those who want to keep their bus pass will get to keep just a third of that hike, because they will now have to shell out $52 each month for transit.

Its understandable that advocates for the disabled are upset about the move, since those who want to keep their bus pass will reap just $25 each month a sum that does little to help keep up with ever-escalating costs.

The government says altering the bus pass program was done in the name of fairness for those who dont use transit.

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Thousands of disabled people rely on

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Ramping up the cost of a bus pass by more than 1,300 per cent annually will likely deter some from moving around town. That is good neither for the in-dividuals concerned, nor for society at large, which benefits when all its mem-bers feel included and have opportunity to contribute.

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It was with habitual dismay I read the March 2 comments by Member of Parliament Ed Fast regarding the recent green light given by the courts for people to grow medical marijuana in their homes.

A bit of history that should not be forgotten. Marijuana probably never would have begun being grown indoors, certainly not at the scale seen in the last few decades, if paraquat had not been sprayed on outdoor grown fields of the plant. That was the beginning of the end of so-called war on drugs. The health scare faced by paraquat-tainted marijuana is what resulted in marijuana being grown in all our neighbour-hoods. No one wanted outdoor grown marijuana anymore.

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Its an awareness project, she said.

Wilson already does do kind things for strangers but she feels she does it far less than necessary. The one-a-week minimum will compel her to do more, she said.

The kind acts will include giving soup to homeless people, sup-plying baby clothes and blankets to new parents, and spending time with lonely elderly people. She said that many of these acts will not re-quire money but she has set aside less than a $1,000 to pay for the kindnesses.

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Wilson said the idea for this pledge came to her as she was reflect-ing on her life, especial-ly her tough childhood growing up in north-ern B.C. as one of 10 children. She said that despite being poor and living in a two-bedroom home without indoor plumbing or central heating, her parents always gave to others when they could.

If we had wood in the fireplace, it meant we had enough to give to others, she said.

They would hear about others who had less, and they would do whatever they could to ensure that those fami-lies got help.


A pledge for a year of kind actsLocal school district trustee plans to do at least one nice thing a week in her community

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Abbotsford school trustee Shirley Wilson has pledged a year of kind acts.

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2011 FORD F-150

LOW KMS, RUNNING BOARDS, PWR SEAT. #UTB05314

SALE $18,580

2013 FORD FOCUS #UCD29027

SALE $13,800

2010 FORD F-150 XLT

XTR, SUNROOF, DUAL DVD SCREENS, CHROME WHEELS.

#UTA71609

SALE $23,800

2012 FORD FUSION

#UCC58075

SALE $13,480

2012 DODGE RAM

#PTC10820

SALE $25,920

2015 FORD FUSION TITANIUM

AWD, LEATHER, NAV, 19 WHEEL UPGRADE. #PCF70602

SALE $27,800

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO

MATCHING CANOPY, RUNNING BOARDS, ONLY 24,931 KMS!

#UTB10761

SALE $16,880

2008 FORD MUSTANG

#UCX05476

SALE $12,560

2011 DODGE RAM 3500 SLT

CUMMINS DIESEL, RUNNING BOARDS, CLEAN WITH ONLY

123,612 KMS. #PTB99133

SALE $35,900

2010 FORD EDGE SEL

LEATHER & ROOF. #UTA77819

SALE $16,600

2012 NISSAN MURANO

SUNROOF, LEATHER.#UTC26816

SALE $23,480

2013 FORD ESCAPE

TITANIUM, AWD, LEATHER, NAV#UTD13453

SALE $25,800

2012 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT

#PTC77514

SALE $17,900

MSA Ford Certi ed

ON-SITE

ALL ADVERTISED VEHICLES INCLUDE3 MONTH WARRANTY AND/OR

BALANCE OF FACTORY! Full tank of gas Car proof report First 2 oil changes on us MSA Ford 152-point inspection

Instant on-site approval No payments for 6 months available Guaranteed lowest dealer centre

APR rates in BC

TRUCKs

SUVs/CUVs HYBRID

CARs

2014 FORD FUSION HYBRID SE SUNROOF, NAV, ONLY 5,026 KMS! #OCE34405

SALE$23,790

Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offer and availability. Offers only valid at MSA Ford Sales. Retail offers may be canceled or changed at any time without notice. Limit one (1) incentive redemption per Eligible Model sale. Some offers are not rain-checkable. All prices are plus taxes and fees. All offers good on in-stock MSA Ford Sales vehicles only. All offers subject to prior sale. All available Ford incentives, Ford Loyalty/Conquest, MSA Finance cash, Non fi nance cash, Non stackable Cash, and rebates/credits/allowances/rates have been used in advertised prices. Some rebates and credits may be taxable. Financing/Leasing on approved consumer or business credit. Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment or may not be exactly as shown. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof, subject to incentive rules and eligibility. Costco Member Rebate available on select 2015 and 2016 in stock vehicles for verifi ed Costco members in good standing as of February 23rd 2016. Our advertised prices include Freight, and P.D.I., Add dealer documentation and registration fees of $420, and applicable taxes and fees. Lease Offers Total Paid (including taxes) is $12,012.16 **29,196.00, ***31,577.00, ****33,944, 43,997.00. Lease end value is $27,929.00, *820,250.00, ***20,850.00,****25,650.00, *****28850.00 plus applicable taxes. First payment, taxes and some mandatory fees due at delivery. Lease LAPR is 4.99% for 24 months. Non Sub vented Finance payments calculated using 5.99% for term indicated. Ford Credit 0%/.99%/2.49% or other low APR Financing not compatible with Ford non-stackable cash, MSA fi nance cash, Ford or MSA lease offers, Commercial Lease offers or MSA Discounts or bonuses. All prices do not include any added equipment or options that may have been installed by dealer. All offers expire March 12th at 5:00 pm (PST).

ITS BACK.... GET AN ADDITIONAL $1000 OFF MOST 2016 MODELS!

DROP BY FOR A TEST DRIVE.

2016 FORD F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 XLTLEASE FOR ONLY

WITH

PERMONTH

$1500 DOWN$369

24 MONTH LEASE

2016 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 PLATINUM EDITION

LOADED, NAVIGATION, MASSAGING SEATS, PANORAMIC ROOF. #3469

2016 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 LARIATLARIAT CHROME PACKAGE, PANORAMIC ROOF, NAVIGATION,

TRAILER TOW PACKAGE, LEATHER, ECOBOOST. #26329

2016 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 XLT/XTR ECOBOOST

REV SENSING, REAR CAMERA, SYNC 3, REMOTE START, POWER REAR WINDOW, TRAILER TOW PACKAGE, AUTO START/STOP. #40863

2016 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 SPORT ECOBOOST

REV SENSING, REAR CAMERA, SYNC 3, REMOTE START,POWER REAR WINDOW, TRAILER TOW PACKAGE,

AUTO START/STOP. #40863

THATS LIKE $335 BI-WEEKLY

$2,500DOWN

$726* 48 MONTH LEASE


$2,500DOWN

$547*** 48 MONTH LEASE


$2,500DOWN

$526** 48 MONTH LEASE


$2,500DOWN

$491**** 48 MONTH LEASE

MSA FORD HAS OVER 100 NEW 2016 F-150s

TO CHOOSE FROM!

LARGEST TRUCK INVENTORY IN THE

FRASER VALLEY!

MSRP $28,689MSA DISCOUNT $1,209COSTCO MEMBER DISCOUNT $1,000SALE PRICE $$26,48026,480

PLUS GET 0% FINANCING OR LEASE

2016 FORD ESCAPE 4WDINCLUDES 1.6L GDI ECOBOOST, 6 SPEED AUTO, AIR AND MORE. #GUB49415

MSRP $23,064MSA DISCOUNT $4,629SALE PRICE $$18,43518,435

2015 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK SEINCLUDES 2.0L I4 GDI ENGINE, SE PLUS PACKAGE, AIR AND MORE. #FL377602

FEATURES Military Grade Aluminium Body, 3.5L TIVCT FFV Engine, 6-Speed Auto Transmission Power Windows/Locks/Mirrors, SYNC Voice Activated Bluetooth, Cruise Control 17 Aluminium Wheels, Remote Keyless Entry, Anti-Theft System P245 All Season Tires, Air, Sirius Satellite/XM Radio w/6month Prepaid Halogen Headlamps, Fog Lams, Chrome Bumpers, 40/20/40 Seats

w/Full Size Rear Seat


PANDOLFI VISITS

Renowned pianist Thomas Pandolfi works

with Caitlin Unrau during a

special workshop

on Saturday morning. Pandolfi

performed at Valley Concert

Societys concert on Friday

evening at Matsqui

Centennial Auditorium.

JOHN MORROW Abbotsford News

Smart and Caring Grants availableApplications accepted by community foundation

Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) has launched its 2016 Smart and Caring Grants Program.

This year we have over $65,000 to distribute for projects or programs that help children living in poverty in Abbotsford, said Susan McAlevy, exec-utive director.

The guidelines and applications for the program are available on the foundations website at abbots-fordcf.org under the grants section. The deadline to apply for grants of up to $10,000 is March 30.

Last year, ACF distributed grants totalling more than $75,000 to eight different projects, includ-ing the Abbotsford Food Banks Starfish Pack Program, Fraser Valley Child Development Centres early learning summer camp, Abbotsford Youth Commissions nutrition program, and the Devon Clifford Music Foundations band camp program.

ACF is raising funds through its Smart and Caring Campaign to build the community fund that is supporting the grants for charities providing ser-vices to children in need.

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ufv.ca/beyond

Through local partnership, UFV is using world-class brain imaging techniques to spot and prevent concussions in student athletes helping kids stay safe.

Safer games + healthier brainsPreventing invisible injuries.

Across Canada, churches and other groups have come to-gether to sponsor thou-sands of refugees from war-torn Syria.

Through these efforts, as many as 25,000 peo-ple affected by that cri-sis will find new homes in Canada. But the majority of Syrians in desperate need of help do not want to come to Canada. They are in places like Lebanon and Jordan, or within Syria itself, and they want to go home to rebuild their lives when the war ends.

People who want to help Syrian refugees in those countries, through the Canadian

Foodgrains Bank, can do so through the Make a Difference Auction at McClary Stockyard in Abbotsford on March 24.

Altogether, over 11 million people have been affected by the conflict. About eight million people with-in Syria have been displaced from their homes, and anoth-er four million people have fled the country to live as refugees in sur-rounding countries.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is responding to these needs, providing emergency food for families displaced from their homes.

With support from the Canadian government,

since November 2012, the Foodgrains Bank has provided over $29 million in emergen-cy food assistance for people affected by the Syrian crisis in Sy

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