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Alva Gayle walks around the cramped quarters he lives in, pointing out the large patches of mould

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Gayle and eight other migrant

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They are a part of the Canadian government’s seasonal agricultural worker program (SAWP) which allows employers to hire temporary

Migrant workers say living and working conditions are simply unfair

{ See FARM, page A16 }

“You have to deal with us more decent, like human beings; we’re not animals. Even animals

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Chilliwack Times

A local First Nation band won’t face court action for

defying new financial disclosure laws, but the federal government will suspend funding for non-essential programs.

The Popkum Indian Band is the only one in the Times readership area that did not file audited financial statements and band council remuner-ation figures by Nov. 26, as required by the First Nations Financial Trans-parency Act (FNFTA).

Minister of Aborigi-nal Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC) Bernard Valcourt said the act was brought in to apply “the same principles of t ransparenc y and accountability to First Nation governments that already exist for other gov-ernments in Canada.”

The story of chief and council remuneration received prominent cov-erage in the summer when it was revealed Chief Ron Giesbrecht of the Kwikwe-tlem First Nation received $800,000 in pay as eco-nomic development offi-cer for the band.

No local pay packets for chiefs stirred controversy as most received modest remuneration all things considered.

At the top of the pile, however, and noted by the Canadian Taxpayers Fed-eration (CTF) was Squiala Chief David Jimmie who was paid $105,910.

Some chiefs receive salaries, some honorar-ia, and some also serve as employees of the band in an economic develop-ment capacity.

When asked about his pay, Jimmie explained he received $12,000 pay as chief of the band, and $91,711 as his full-time sal-ary as CEO for the Squiala whose lands are home to

the Eagle Landing shop-ping area.

More than Jimmie was Shxwha:y Village Chief Tina Sam who was paid $140,124, made up of $47,854 salary, $66,400 council honoraria and $25,870 in expenses.The average pay of the chiefs in the 14 bands counted by the Times was $55,961.

Some chiefs received token amounts to serve t h e b a n d , i n c l u d i n g Skowkale Chief Willy Hall ($11,000) and Yakweak-wioose Chief Frank Mallo-way ($10,200).

A s f o r t h o s e F i r s t Nations who have so far been non-compliant, Val-court said there are vari-ous levels of punishment.

All those who have not complied, including Popkum, will face basic sanctions: withholding of funding for non-essential services and of new or proposal-based non-es-sential funding, as well as publishing the names of non-compliant bands on the AANDC website.

“I have directed that sanctions not target essen-tial services that support band members,” Valcourt said in a press release.

As for First Nations that have been publicly defi-ant of the new law, appli-cations have been made in Federal Court to force them to comply. This applies to a handful of bands in Saskatchewan and Alberta but none in B.C.

When asked why they had not complied and if withholding funds would affect the band, Popkum Chief James Murphy did not reply to an email request to comment.

The government said 529 of 582 First Nations had complied by the deadline of Nov. 26 and some more have com-plied since then, accord-ing to a government spokesperson.

Popkum band still holding out

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A Worksafe BC employee talks to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspector outside the Chilliwack farm where 13,000 broiler chick-ens were culled after H5N2 avian flu was discovered.

Poultry industry thrown into chaosBY PAUL J. HENDERSON

[email protected]

While so far just one Chilliwack poultry producer is direct-ly affected by the

recent H5N2 avian influenza outbreak, the impact is felt by all.

“A finding of notifiable avian influenza (H5 or H7 strains) is very difficult for an infected farm owner, and for poultry producers in general,” said Ken Falk, owner of Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry in Yarrow.

“It essentially throws an oth-erwise orderly and structured industry into turmoil/chaos.”

And Falk should know as his operation was hit hard in both 2004 when the entire Fraser Val-ley was decimated with avian flu, but again in 2005 when his operation, then known as Fraser Valley Duck and Goose, was hit again.

He’s still frustrated about 2005 when a low pathogenic strain hit his ducks, which are a host adapted species, meaning they

did not become symptomatic. As a result of Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) rules implemented after 2004, Falk had to cull 70,000 otherwise healthy birds.

Falk said the C F I A m a d e m i s t a k e s i n 2004 when it came to con-tainment and t h e y m a d e mistakes later when it came to compensation. He’s been told the programs work now, and he hopes he doesn’t have to test them.

As of last reporting by the CFIA, the entire southern half of British Columbia is now part of an avian influenza “primary control zone,” as a result of an outbreak of the disease on one farm in Chilliwack

and four just over Boundary Road in Abbotsford.

All farms are within eight kilo-metres of each other.

“Any kind of movement out of the primary control zone will be

m o n i t o r e d ,” CFIA chief vet-erinary officer Dr. Harpreet Kochhar said at a technical briefing Mon-day.

Mo re t ha n 145,000 chick-ens and tur-keys on farms in Chilliwack and Abbots-f o r d h a v e e i t h e r d i e d

from the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain, or have been euth-anized.

Kochhar said the creation of a primary control zone is support-ed by poultry farmers, but will

impact the industry. The reason for the zone, he said, is to protect animal health, control disease spread and to minimize trade disruptions outside of the zone.

The move comes as more countries announce a ban on poultry and poultry products from the area. The United States chief veterinarian announced a ban on live and raw poultry from B.C. Bans of varying degrees—as specific as the Fraser Valley and as broad as all of Canada—are now in place from Mexico, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The CFIA continues to inves-tigate the source of the disease, but suspicion is squarely on migratory birds.

Some poultry farmers have not been keen to chat about the cur-rent outbreak, deferring instead to the BC Poultry Association.

The Times contacted the

Entire southern half of B.C. in primary control zone

“Just over a week into the control/

eradication eff orts and we are facedwith a lot morequestions than

answers.”- Ken Falk

{ See AVIAN FLU, page A26 }

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Early next year a BC Supreme Court will decide whether or not the RCMP search that

uncovered a massive and sophis-ticated marijuana grow operation in Chilliwack was a violation of the property owner’s Charter rights.

Justice Miriam Maisonville lis-tened to 15 days of argument from Crown and defence regarding a police search on Sept. 9, 2009 on Nixon Road that uncovered 11,520 marijuana plants in an under-ground bunker beneath a Quonset hut.

Property owner Lloyd McConnell faces charges of marijuana produc-tion and possession, and hydro theft in connection with the “extremely elaborate” operation that produced more than $3 million worth of drugs a year.

A 10-day trial was scheduled starting on Nov. 17 but eventual-ly ran for 15 days. The entire time

involved voir dire proceedings—a trial within a trial—where lawyer Patrick McGowan argue that McCo-nnell’s Charter Section 8 rights were violated with the search.

McGowan argued, among other points, that it was a Charter viola-tion when the Chilliwack RCMP invited City of Chilliwack bylaw enforcement personnel onto the remote hillside property as a search warrant was being carried out.

“It was a warrantless search by a government agency at the behest of the RCMP,” McGowan said in court on Dec. 3. “In my respectful submis-sion, that’s as far as I have to go to prove a breach.”

In what seemed backwards, the trial began with McGowan attempt-ing to prove his client’s direct con-nection to the property where the marijuana was found.

Crown counsel Michael LeDres-say, on the contrary, argued that while McConnell was the owner and the man behind the sophisti-cated operation, he was in essence an absentee landlord.

Another man, Darryl Ness, was found guilty of production and pos-session of marijuana in 2012.

LeDressay had asked for a stiff sentence due to the size of the “monstrous criminal enterprise,” but Justice William Grist gave the 64-year-old an 18-month condition-al sentence.

On the last day of argument in court last Friday, LeDressay sug-gested if there was a breach, it was of Ness’s rights, not McConnell’s.

Maisonville is scheduled to hand down judgment on the Charter breach argument on Jan. 30 in BC Supreme Court in Chilliwack.


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A former University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) student alleged to have threatened

teachers and students after vandal-izing the downtown campus at Five Corners was released by a judge last Friday.

Crown counsel Anna Tosso asked the court to have 32-year-old Brian Daniel Morrison remand-ed for a psychological assessment after what even the judge deemed “bizarre and troubling behaviour.”

Morrison faces one charge of mischief, two charges of utter-ing threats and, most recently, a breach of bail conditions.

On Sept. 18, security footage allegedly showed Morrison put crumpled newspaper in the glass door handles of the UFV building (the old Bank of Montreal at Five Corners) and then light it on fire, Tosso said.

Then on Nov. 4, Griffin Securi-ty guard Shawn Dean was called to the UFV building to deal with a

disturbance. Tosso told the court Dean alleges Morrison said a num-ber of unusual things, including: “You will know my name by the end of the day,” and “I’m going to make them pay.”

The Crown alleges Morrison then threatened both Dean, and students and teachers at UFV.

“Where is this coming from?” Morrison blurted out in court, a statement that garnered no response from lawyers or the judge.

He was in custody on Friday because he was arrested for a breach of his bail conditions for showing up to the downtown UFV campus on Dec. 5. He was alleged to be alone around noon and, when police were called to deal with an “unwanted male,” Morri-son told the officer he was holding a candlelight vigil for the women killed at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989. (An actual vigil was held at the main UFV campus at about the same time.)

Morrison made frequent ges-tures in the prisoner’s box Friday suggesting confusion or surprise at

what was alleged in court.His lawyer, Philip Derksen,

argued there was no reason to keep him for a psychological evaluation and he should be released.

Derksen told the court that “something happened with some-body at UFV” to set his client off.

“There are issues between Mr. Morrison and the University of the Fraser Valley,” Derksen said. “He believes someone from the univer-sity has been harassing him at his home.”

Judge Kenneth Skilnick said he understood the Crown’s concern but denied the request to remand the 32-year-old.

“The bizarre behaviour caus-es troubling concern about what might happen next,” Skilnick said.

He ordered Morrison released on $1,000 bail and conditions that he have no contact with Dean and that he say 100 metres away from UFV, except to report to his bail supervisor and the courthouse, which is across the street.

◗ Morrison is next in court Dec. 16.

Weed search decision on hold

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Chilliwack RCMP officers arrest Kelly Edward Kronebusch on Rowat Avenue Thursday morning after a multiple vehicle crash a few hundred metres away on Young Road.

Judgment set for Jan. 30 in case involving massive pot grow-op

‘Bizarre and troubling behaviour’

Chase ends with crash and arrestBY PAUL J. HENDERSON

Chilliwack Times

A Chilliwack man hoping to get past a drug problem and

turn his life around hit a serious roadblock last Friday when he allegedly crashed an SUV into two innocent drivers, fled the scene and was arrested by nearly a dozen Mounties on Rowat Avenue.

{ See CRASH, page A22 }

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When it comes to mail delivery, the north half of Chilliwack will soon

join the south half.The 12,000 homes that currently

enjoy door-to-door delivery north of Highway 1 will be converted to community mailbox (CMB) deliv-ery next fall.

Employees at the main Cana-da Post depot in Chilliwack were informed Thursday morning that all homes with postal codes start-ing with V2P will get their mail at a CMB as part of Canada Post’s Can-adawide plan to phase out home delivery.

Residents in Sardis, Vedder Crossing and Promontory already get their mail from CMBs.

In the coming days, affected households will receive an infor-mation package and a mail-in sur-vey, according to a Canada Post spokesperson.

There are 12,090 addresses impacted by the change in Chil-liwack. Of those 11,956 are res-

idential, and 134 are business addresses.

The current situation is that 12,239 residences in Chilliwack get home delivery, 11,914 get CMB delivery, 7,299 apartment dwellers get mail in their lobbies and 2,660 get mail other ways, including: rural mailboxes, group mailboxes and post office boxes.

As for businesses, 1,480 get

door-to-door delivery and 350 get CMB delivery.

Chilliwack’s changes next fall will occur in year two of a five-year rollout, according to Canada Post.

No regular full-time or part-time employee will lose their job as a result of the initiative. The work-force will be reduced through attrition as people retire or leave the Crown corporation.

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To say TV shows like Law and Order are misrepresentations of the criminal justice system is a

little like saying making head cheese is nothing like brain surgery

Unicorn paintings aren’t a good guide for equine care.

Obviously.Television crime shows paint a picture

of such exaggerated “bad guys” that we watch the shows, wondering at first in which direction things will go. Then we realize who the evil enemy is (before our spouse, of course, so we can say “told you so”) and, ta-da, they are sent away forever to be forgotten.

Not only does the justice system not work that quickly but the black and white of good and evil, bad guys who are just bad, is a pernicious fiction.

Make no mistake, there are some really bad people in this world. Willie Pickton kind of jumps to mind.

But as any judge or lawyer or anyone else who spends time in the courts day by day listening to what goes on might tell you, at least privately, even the worst of the worst have a story.

The “bad guys” I have covered in the Chilliwack Courthouse in the short time I’ve been paying attention were all born in the normal fashion, to mothers. They

all had upbringings, some of them so terrible one wonders how they survived childhood. In some cases, one wonders how they survived the womb.

“Lock ‘em up and throw away the key,” the tough-on-crime folks tend to say. And if you weren’t already leaning that way, when you see what some victims of crime endure, it’s hard not to want to see ‘em locked up, key lost.

The worse the crime, the easier it is to do this, of course.

But we are all one or two bad deci-sions away, or we have been at some point in our life, from a life of poverty, crime and drug addiction.

Those of us who were born on third base and live our lives like we hit a triple, don’t have to worry too much about getting arrested for drugs at 17 or getting tossed in the drunk tank and charged with mischief in our 20s. We had stable home lives, no chemical addictions, and enough good sense to put those days behind us and become responsible

members of society.Those born to criminal fathers with

alcoholic mothers are destined for jail. With zero guidance and fetal alcohol syndrome to start with—as is the case with at least one local offender I know—it’s hard to expect much else.

Sometimes you see a life teetering on the edge so precariously that judges tasked daily with important decisions face life-changing responsibilities

On Tuesday in court, as I was waiting for something else, a case came up that seemed laughable on the surface. A man, call him O.C., faced a charge of theft under $5,000. What did he steal? Two, maybe it was three, cigarettes and one dollar, a loonie, from a car in Chil-liwack. The problem? It was an RCMP bait car. Dumb mistake.

And when I say “man,” that was the subject of some dispute as the judge thought it should be a youth matter. But, no, O.C. turned 18 just one month before his ridiculous crime.

“That’s a dumb thing to do,” the judge told O.C., who responded, almost inter-rupting, “I know, I know.”

The young man, unrepresented by a lawyer, was then asked to explain himself. He said he was homeless at the time and addicted to cocaine and crystal

meth. He said he was set to enter a treat-ment centre after his court appearance, and he even had a job lined up at a lum-ber mill.

Barely a man, this guy is teetering on the edge of being a contributing citizen or a repeat criminal offender.

A visit to his Facebook page shows a glimpse into how long he has been on this brink. Before he turned 18 he put up an angry post about his family. One fam-ily member called him a “spoiled rotten little brat.” He responded with more anger, but eventually others—some steady hands in his life—told him to stay in school and that his family would be there for him.

“Smarten up kiddo and get your ass back to school. I know it sucks now but when you graduate you will be proud you did it!!” one post said.

He actually seemed to agree.In court on Tuesday,O.C. got a big

break from the judge.“Don’t come back here because your

career as a criminal is not a roving suc-cess so far,” the judge told him.

Teetering as he is, here’s hoping young O.C. heeds that advice.

Sometimes telling the good guys from the bad guys just depends on the day of the week, and a little perspective.

Good guys & bad guys: a fiction

OUR VIEW

Many times we have been reminded by our politicians that we owe our veterans a debt that can never be repaid. Yet, some are tacitly

supporting dishonourable measures that seek, by legal maneuvers, to devalue and dismiss that service.

Lawyers acting on behalf of the federal government are arguing in B.C.’s Supreme Court that Canada has no covenant with its military veterans, and that any prom-ises made to them can be adjusted at will by elected representatives.

This is the government’s line of defence against a class-action suit being pursued by the White Rock-based Equitas Society on behalf of disabled veterans. The society has long argued—with supporting evi-dence of those struggling with lingering physical and mental injuries—that the government’s policy of lump-sum payments to wounded veterans, instead of ongo-ing support, is paltry compensation for those willing to sacrifice their lives.

No matter what one believes about a suitable level of compensation for veterans—which is a matter for our lawmakers—to argue flatly that Canada has no covenant with its sons and daughters in the military is shocking, both in its moral insensitivity and sheer lack of political astuteness.

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Brian Robert StephanAge 29, 170 cm, 68 kgRed/Brown hair, Hazel eyesWanted: Fail to comply with probation Sec. 733.1 (1) X3, Fail to Apear, Sec. 145 (2) (B)

Barry � omas GrantAge 33, 175 cm, 73 kgBrown hair, Blue eyesWanted: Robbery, Sec. 344, � e� of Motor Vehicle, Sec. 333.1(1) (A), Assault with a weapon, Sec. 267(A), Drive while disquali� ed, Sec. 259(4), Drive while prohibited, Sec. 102(s) MVA, Driving while BCDL suspended, Sec. 234(1) MVA, Possession of stolen property, Sec. 355, the� under $5,000, Sec. 334(B), Fail to comply with probation, Sec. 733.1(1)

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TIPS (8477). Remember: all of the listed people are innocent until proven guilty in court.

Thank You!

Together, Chilliwack residents donated 1,500 food

items and $3,350 to the Salvation Army Food Bank.

A special thank you to Emterra for matching the first $1,000 of community donations for a

combined total of $4,350!

Shred-a-Thon and Food Drive


Editor:Avian flu—not again. The bad

farmers need to pay not taxpayers.As you know this is not the first

time nor will it be the last time. Until penalties and stronger supervision of farmers are instigated this will continue. The first time in 2004, 17 million birds put the Fraser Valley on the world map. Next in 2005, 41,000 birds, then 2009 with 72,000 birds and now five farms and how many more?

Did you know that the federal government does pay the full cost to euthanize the birds, cleanup of the barns and burial of the birds? The farmer gets paid the full mature market price of his birds but does not get deducted the feed or labour costs related to his business would be costs to raise them to market level.

Ray Nickel and the B.C. Poultry Association are responsible for their Old Boys Club mentality. Extra quota when required is given to existing members on a percentage basis. At two per cent of your bird count, 60,000 birds would be 1,200 new bird quota. Then they will have a lottery for any farmer with land that qualify as a farm and that is for only 5,000 birds. You cannot make any money with 5,000 birds. You will lose money for the next 10 years unless you have another job.

Having lived in the Fraser Valley for the last 25 years, I have seen changes and I do not like them. I feel sorry for residents that live within one mile of a farm. If you look at the side of these barns where they expel the air from inside, the siding is disc-oloured and has to be power washed three times a year. It seems which-ever way the wind blows, it is up and down the valley when farms are this close together they are bound to spread between farms quickly.

I have a few recommendations that should be looked at seriously or we will not have a small farm quota system in this valley—it will be given to a large corporate company like they have in Washington State that has only six farms to supply twice the population (and fewer problems).◗ Farmers should be responsible for all costs involved on their farm for cleanup and bird loss. (Penalty of 5,000 birds less on their quota.)◗ Quota system should be spread out to different areas of the province e.g. Kamloops, Cranbrook and Williams Lake. Minimum lottery size 60,000 birds for at least four farms out of the valley.◗ The Poultry Association needs directors to sit on their board from different walks of life not just part of the Old Boys Club.◗ Federal government to review design and biological requirements for new and existing farms. Some-thing to be done on exhaust and intake pathogenicity cleansing, black

light, filters, etc. On another note, there is a lineup

at the travel agents’ from the five farms that were infected. They have a paid holiday for three weeks—just like the last time.

Don BensonChilliwack

Seek, and God will reveal himself?Editor:

In last Thursday’s paper (inter-estingly under “Faith Today”), A. Murphy, in his article, questions the existence of Jesus Christ.

Seeing that the Christmas season is upon us, Mr. Murphy raises a very good question. Growing up in a science believing family, as an adult I found that the theory of evo-lution left me with more questions than answers. After all, our daily experiences teach us that nothing comes from nothing. For someone to claim there is no God, he would have to be all-knowing. In order to be all-knowing, however, he would have to be God.

The fact is: no-one has ever been able to prove that God does not exist. Just because we can’t see the wind, does not mean it doesn’t exist. We can certainly see the effects of the wind.

Many non-believers seem to think they can demand that the God of the Universe (if He exists), should somehow show Himself. Does it make sense that a Creator has to fol-low His creations’ demands?

The way by which we can find out if God is real, is to humbly ask Him to reveal Himself, and also study the prophetic Scriptures as recorded in the Bible. Here we discover that many historic, and even present events, have been foretold during a time when most of these events were unthinkable.

The coming of Jesus was clearly predicted, and so was the fact that He would be rejected (see “101 Last Days Prophecies”, www.eternal-pro-ductions.org). Those who have been blessed to move from simply believing in Jesus to actually know-ing Him, will celebrate the true meaning of Christmas and look for-

ward to the day when He will come again, just as it was predicted.

Mario C. AllecknaChilliwack

Throness will be getting a bookEditor:

In response to MLA Laurie Thron-ess’s reply to my letter related to his comments on climate changes.

First of all, I would like assure Dr. Throness that I did indeed read his statements from the Hansard prior to writing the letter. I apologize if I unintentionally mischaracterized his position. However, my concerns were not all alleviated by his letter.

Firstly, I am concerned about his apparent lack of knowledge on climate science. Rather than exam-ining the whole of the evidence, his letter and his statements in the Hansard, mainly point out alleged flaws in climate science. While Dr. Throness professed to be willing to be convinced by the science, I have to wonder if the current weight of evidence does not convince him, what possibly could?

Secondly, Dr. Throness misunder-stood my point about there being other theories and that therefore the science is not settled. My point was that alternative theories have been proposed but they have failed to stand the test of further analysis.

Finally, he mentioned the study from the University of Alabama which stated that no global warming is occurring. This assertion is con-tradicted by many other datasets which show continued warming and by almost all climate scientists worldwide.

While I agree that climate policy focused on local air pollutant makes sense, I don’t think he is aware of the cummulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon dioxide emitted today stays in the atmo-sphere for decades to centuries while most air pollutants last only days to weeks. His alleged “no-regrets” strat-egy could come at quite a dear cost to future generations.

As someone who is completing a master’s degree in climate policy, I must also note that it takes years of planning and capital replacement to achieve significant greenhouse gas emission reductions. I appreciate Dr. Throness’s response, but his policy recommendations do not fit the nature and severity of the climate change problem.

I will be sending Dr. Throness a copy of Skeptical Science’s booklet The Sci-entific Guide to Global Warming Skep-ticism to help him better ascertain the state of the science. Climate change is matter of physics, not faith.

Thomas CheneyChilliwack

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Nov. 30, 2014 - First Sunday in Advent - Mark 13 : 24-37:

Happy New Year every one! Isn’t it exciting? The whole world stayed up late last night

waiting for the ball drop in Times Square. And there was nothing.

Advent slips into the world silently, unnoticed, almost weak. It is not a celebration. It is an anticipation of a celebration. It is like the day before a child’s birthday party. The child hardly notices, but Mom is getting ready. Christmas is coming,

the birthday of Jesus our Lord and Saviour. Advent is pregnant with hope and a summons to get ready for Christmas Eve.

It has also become busy with busy. A frantic season, full of shopping, concerts, parties, alcohol, too much spending. The legacy of advent is debt.

In the Huron Carol we sing “Within a lodge of broken bark The tender babe was found, A ragged robe of rabbit skin Enwrapped His beauty ‘round; But as the hunter braves drew nigh, The angel song rang loud and high: Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, In excelsis gloria.” (English Lyrics by Jesse Edgar Mid-

dleton, written 1926).Jesus is coming again, not to a sta-

ble. It will be harvest time. The wheat will be reaped, and the chaff blown away. Many people will find that they spent their lives in the valley of decision without ever making one. Others will find that wealth and hap-piness and the pleasures of life are illusions. Even what people have will be taken away.

The first time, Jesus came to rescue us from the wrath hanging over the world. To pay the capital price of sin and rebellion. To offer the perfect blood sacrifice. To bear our sins away. To conquer death by righteousness. To reverse the

fall of Adam and Eve. To rebuke Satan’s claims on us, by serving God perfectly, to the death. To be our saviour, redeemer and Lord. To be our Emmanuel, which means “God with us.”

Those who follow Jesus, and will-ingly pursue salvation, are watchers, prepared to welcome Jesus on his return. Speaking of his disciples, you and me, John’s Gospel says, “And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3, NRSV)

For the rest, the return of Jesus will be a day of reckoning, not a day of salvation. They will have no excuse,

having rejected the Lord of Glory somehow. Jesus will say to them, “I was holding out my hands to you, but you put me off. You went your own way, and you did not turn to me.”

Apart from the privilege of follow-ing Jesus, and tasting in the powers of the age to come—it is as important now as ever—that we encourage those around us to grow their own personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It all starts with one small step. God offers no other salvation, and no other Saviour.

◗ John Sovereign is reverend with St. Thomas Anglican Church.

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For the second straight year, the G.W. Graham Grizzlies junior varsity

(JV) football team went to BC Place and won, bringing back provincial championship glory from the Subway Bowl.

Throughout the 23-13 victory against rival Abbotsford Panthers, the AA JV Grizzlies were never once down to their opponents on the scoreboard Saturday.

“It’s a nice way to have the season end for them,” said head coach Adam Smith. “All the hard work, all the craziness with the strike and everything

going on at the start of the year.“It’s nice they were able to

focus and work through it all and come through with the championship.”

G.W. went up two touchdowns early in the game with a notably strong start from running back Von Richardson, work-ing to gain the Grizzlies good field position (and one of the TDs) in the first half.

But Abbotsford made it a game, scoring before half and again shortly after. A missed

Panther convert left the team within one point, 14-13.

After another G.W. touchdown—this one courtesy of Emilio Pineda on a 58-yard

run—the Grizzlies had earned a bit of breathing room.

Able to capitalize on being ahead, Griz-

zly kicker Spencer Breslin added a field goal increasing

the G.W. lead to 10 going into the final quarter.

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Grizzlies junior varsity running back Von Richardson sprints behind Spencer Breslin and Miguel Wood blocks during the team’s 23-13 Subway Bowl championship win Saturday.

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A high-flying night of Chiefs hockey is on tap for this Friday night, as

we host our annual toque and teddy bear toss.

The action starts at 7 p.m. at Prospera Centre, and when the Chiefs score their first goal you can toss the toques and stuffies on the ice. The items will be col-lected by Chilliwack Communi-ty Services and given to the less fortunate this Christmas.

The defending BCHL Cham-pion Coquitlam Express is the official opposition, and they sport a pair of Pennsylvania

products who have been soar-ing atop the league scoring race. The diminutive Corey Mackin has been large when it comes to turning the red light on, having sniped 30 goals in 31 games. His goal total, which includes an impressive five shorthanded tallies, leads the BCHL, as does his point total of

53. Mackin doesn’t have to look far for the number three top point producer in the league, as teammate and Union Col-lege bound, Brett Supinski has recorded 21 goals and 22 help-ers in 31 games.

This Friday’s game actually has a plethora of activity going on. The 1994-95 Chiefs replica jerseys will be auctioned off on the south concourse. Minimum bids will start at $100 and the live auction ends as soon as the frozen disk hits the ice to start the all-important third period.

The Chiefs 2015 calendar

is hot off the press and will be available in the Chiefs store for only $2 on Friday. The images feature all of your favourite players and coaches. Can you say stocking stuffer?

Each and every Friday Chiefs game is also a UFV game night. A $20 bill will get you a game ticket and your choice of a burger or chicken strips combo. Two loonies from each UFV package sold goes to the UFV Chilliwack Chiefs Scholarship Education Fund.

This is the Chiefs final home game before Christmas and

rumour has it Rudolph and his reindeer teammates are warm-ing up Santa’s sleigh so he can hand out some candy canes.

The Chiefs will wind up their pre-Christmas hockey with a pair of Interior Division road games this weekend. On Saturday, the bus will travel six hours into the Kootenay region of Trail, to take on the last place Smoke Eaters before what the media like to term as a “mea-suring stick” game on Sunday.

Chilliwack will be back on the ice at 3 p.m. on Sunday in Penticton to face the mighty

Vees who boast the BCHL’s top record at 26-4-0-1. Penticton’s 53 points provides them a 16-point cushion on the Inte-rior’s second place squad, the Vernon Vipers.

You can circle Friday, Feb. 6 on your new Chiefs calendar as the date the Vees will be in Chilliwack.

Did I mention the Chiefs and Vees are currently vying for the top attendance in the BCHL? Penticton is averaging 2,275 fans per game while Chilli-wack’s hockey team is proudly hosting 2,464 fans per game.

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Nothing like the annual toque and teddy bear toss

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The Chiefs returned from their trip north splitting a two-game match up with the Prince

George Spruce Kings over the week-end, holding onto first place in the Mainland division.

After losing Friday’s game 5-2, the Chiefs responded with a 6-3 victory the following night at the Prince George Coliseum to keep their top standing over second place Prince George.

In Friday’s contest, the Chiefs were unable to capitalize on scoring chances, having outshot the Kings and finishing the night one for seven on power-play opportunities.

“Sometimes when you’re working hard you get the bounces and when you’re not working hard enough you don’t get any,” said head coach and general manager Jason Tatarnic. “That was the case Friday night. We didn’t work hard enough to earn those bounces.”

Prince George scored early in each period Friday, keeping Chilliwack

off the scoreboard until Dennis Cholowski got his first goal of the weekend to make it 3-1 for the north-ern hosts.

Mason Boh snuck a second Chiefs point between two more Spruce Kings scores late in the third frame, leaving Chilliwack three down at the buzzer, 5-2.

But the Chiefs came out a different team Saturday, Cholowski leading

things off with a power-play goal late in the first period.

After Prince George’s Brogan O’Brien tied it up just under six min-utes into the second frame, it was all Chiefs late in that period.

Jordan Kawaguchi sandwiched Luke McColgan’s goal with two of his own, leaving the score 4-1 before the second intermission.

The teams alternated scoring in the

final period with two apiece, finishing with Cholowski’s shot on an empty Spruce King net, for the 6-3 result.

The win was new Chiefs goalie David Poirier’s third in as many games.

“It was a complete turn around,” said Tatarnic. “We battled, we com-peted hard for loose pucks, we went to the dirty areas around the net for rebounds. Our compete level was

a lot higher than it was on Friday night.”

With Jordan Kawaguchi and Vin-cent Desharnais away at the World Junior A Team West selection camp and Liam Ferguson day-to-day with an injury, the team had three call-ups on the roster for this week’s Wednesday game.

Missing three regular players for a game has become status quo for the Chiefs since October as injuries have troubled the squad’s defence in particular.

But Tatarnic sees the silver lining in the situation, with his team still able to maintain first place in the division despite those woes.

“You want a healthy lineup, but at the same time it gives you an oppor-tunity to look at some of the younger guys coming through your system,” said Tatarnic.

Chilliwack will host Coquitlam Fri-day, heading to Trail then Penticton Saturday and Sunday to finish the weekend away.

◗ Following a two-week holiday break the Chiefs will return Dec. 28 to host the Surrey Eagles.

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The Grizzlies defence then stopped a Panther drive that ended with a measurement on fourth and goal just shy of the endzone in the last eight min-utes of the game.

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A subsequent Graham punt was fumbled by the receiving Panthers and Grizzly Ethan Mastin came up with the recovery, setting up the Chilli-wack team to kill the clock over another two possessions.

A 23-13 win was the team’s reward, and Smith said it was well-earned.

“There was just an eerie con-

fident silence on the bus, at the stadium,” he said. “We’d been there so many times already in a short time, for these kids it was just business. They didn’t watch the other game, they didn’t look into the stands, they just came there to do their job and win the championship.”

Smith led the JV Grizzlies to a provincial win last year and the Murdoch high school AA varsi-ty team to a championship win during his four years coaching in Winnipeg.

Von Richardson was named game MVP for Saturday’s game and Jarren Lengert won the top lineman award.

› Sports{ GRIZZLIES, from page A11 } Richardson

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Persian road WarriorLocal mixed martial arts fighter Sabah “The Persian Warrior” Fadai (9-4) heads to Red Deer, Alberta to take on opponent Tim Tamaki (17-26-1), Dec. 19. The match is listed third on the Havoc Fighting Championships 7 main card, with the fighters competing in the 145-pound weight class. “I love to fight for Chilliwack as this is where I grew up and also where I had my first fight,” said Fadai. “I train hard and I want to put Chilliwack on the map when it comes to combat sport.” The local athlete trains with Four Directions martial arts academy on Vedder Road.

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Chilliwack’s Valley Huskers general manager Moe Agag-nier announced last week that

he will not be returning for the 2015 football season.

“I’ve decided to step away, last year just devoured me,” said Agagni-er. “I can’t do a little bit, I just got tied up in doing so much.”

The departing GM said that it took him weeks of deliberation to come to a decision because he loves the play-ers and is still passionate about the team.

“The biggest problem I have is I feel like I’m abandoning some of the players,” Agagnier said, “but when it comes down to it, they’re going to play because they want to play.”

He said he will instead be focusing on spending time with his family, including his 11 grandchildren.

Head coach Adam Smith said Agagnier would be a difficult man to replace on the Huskers.

“He’s probably got one of the best football resumés you’ll find in the business and he’s got a huge heart,” said Smith. “The kids love him, we all love him.”

The team is still looking for a replacement for the restructured role that will now be called team manag-er—and will be a position with fewer duties.

Smith said he will very likely sign again as head coach for 2015 with his decision coming soon.

“You’ve got to reload and move forward in the direction you can, and work with what you’ve got,” Smith said.

Agagnier served as the Huskers GM for their 2014 season (1-9), and D-line coach for the two years prior.

He started the recent season with a focus on building a team with discipline and community on and off the field.

The results were a team that

played persistently hard despite a lack of depth. And the roster attend-ed the full season of games, which for the Huskers was in contrast to previous years when players fled as the season progressed.

The long-ailing Huskers man-aged to beat the Westshore Rebels in their second-to-last game of the 2014 season for their lone victory of the year.

That record matched the previ-ous two years, which were all slight improvements on 2010 and 2011 when the local football team was winless.

Agagnier has a long history in football including his roles with the Manitoba Bisons, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Abbotsford Airforce.

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Gayle is one of three workers who transferred from Kelowna and Oliver more than two months ago. They are now complaining that their living and working conditions are unfair.

Their dissatisfaction peaked when fellow Jamaican labourer Oral Honeyghan nearly had his finger severed by a co-worker’s machete one night as they were forced to work late in poor lighting conditions, according to their story.

Since then, Gayle and his peer Fitzroy Beams haven’t been back to the field.

Their boss told them to stay away after the two complained about the working conditions that led up to Honeyghan’s injury, say the workers.

They say he verbally abused the two and made them walk home—an hour and a quarter journey by foot.

But Gurdip Khaira, the farm’s owner says the two farm labour-ers refuse to work because of the recent onset of colder weather.

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is loose.Houses are only inspected at

the beginning of the season for approval, and the inspectors are not overseen unless there has been a formal complaint filed, according to a 2011 report by Metropolis Brit-ish Columbia’s Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity.

Even if it was inspected later in the season, it’s unlikely the Khaira Farm housing is breaking many rules of the BCSAWP seasonal housing guidelines.

That document states the dis-tance between two beds only needs to be 46 centimetres (18 inches), and requires a mere 7.44 square metres (80 square feet) of total usable floor area per occupant (not including washrooms).

By the same guidelines, only one shower and toilet is required for every 10 workers (Kharia provides two of each, but one toilet doesn’t function well).

The results are living conditions few Canadians themselves would want to live in.

Khaira has been employing Jamaican workers for eight years and says he’s not doing anything wrong, and that he has had prob-lems with migrant labourers that

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he says.And he ended up with this group

of labourers, who he says don’t want to put in the hours.

However, one of the transferred worker’s former boss Balraj Gill of Gold Star Fruit Company in Oliver says there’s no problem with the work ethic of the employees.

“Those guys work hard and do good work,” says Gill who has

farmed for 20 years—eight of those with foreign workers.

Coming from Gill’s fields to Khaira’s, migrant worker Jim Blake says his problem with his new assignment is as much about dis-respect as the conditions they live and work in.

“I have been to several different farms and here is the worst, and that’s the reason I have to talk about it,” says Blake. “The condi-tions here are very rough.”

It’s a systemic issueGil Aguilar, an organizer for

grassroots collective Migrant Workers Dignity Association says it’s commonplace for temporary workers in the Lower Mainland to find themselves in conditions below Canadians’ own acceptable living and working standards.

“It’s a systemic issue,” says Aguilar who has worked with agricultural labourers since 2008. “The program itself allows for this, and in some ways encourages employers and supervisors to push because there are no consequenc-es to their actions.”

He says the main problem with the system is the full control the employer has on the worker. Everything from housing to trans-portation is provided by the farm owner.

“Farm work is done in rural areas that are remote and hidden from the public eye,” says Aguilar. “So it’s very unlikely that a neigh-bour would notice something odd and report it.”

That’s important because the whole system is complaint driven, with most visiting workers in the dark about how or where to com-plain.

“It used to be that Employment Standards had these proactive agricultural compliance teams that just went into the fields spot-checking all the time,” says David Fairey, co-chair of B.C. Employment Standards Coalition. “Before the changes in the govern-ment . . . their job was to proactive-ly go spot-check without warning farmers.”

That all changed in 2002 according to the Fairey. The gov-ernment cut the Employee Stan-dards Branch staff by a third and switched to a more passive, com-plaint-driven system.

“They don’t initiate investigations unless they’re really pressed into it,” says the labour relations consultant. “And when people do complain, the officers play the role of mediators as opposed to advocates.”

He adds that they try to get the workers to agree to a compromise, even when the employer is clearly wrong.

Solutions to the current state of the Canadian migrant worker situation are hard to come by, but the Canadian Federation of Inde-pendent Business (CFIB) released a report last Monday proposing change to the long-controversial temporary foreign worker (TFW) program from the federal govern-ment.

The organization wants to see a two-year entry-level visa that would address the labour shortag-es many small businesses face.

According to CFIB’s CEO Dan Kelly in an interview with Cana-dian Press, the current Canadian immigration system doesn’t recog-nize that the economy needs stable

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Farm owner blames workers, says they were lazy and didn’t clean up{ FARM, from page A1 }

Greg Laychak/TIMES

The labourers’ kitchen had two working stove elements for 10 people and leaky plumbing.

Greg Laychak/TIMES

Conditions of the house supplied to the Jamaican guest workers passed the original inspection early in the season, but had questionable drainage around the structure (left) and were mouldy and cramped inside the liv-ing quarters (above), among other problems cited by the occupants.

Greg Laychak/TIMES

Ceilings and windows throughout the bunk-house were covered in mould. The farm owner says the residents aren’t ventilating the apart-ment and puts clean-up responsibility on them.

{ See FARM, page A23 }



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In the spirit of Christmas generosity, 13-year-old Nivana Point donated 130

kilograms of squash, 580 bottles of shampoo, and enough other food goods to fill the back of her mother Gracie’s GMC Yukon to the Salvation Army and the Sto:lo Resource Centre this week.

“ I f e e l t h a t e v e r y b o d y deserves a good dinner espe-cially at Christmas,” Point said. “Everybody should be able to enjoy it with their family and not be worrying about having no food.”

Point went door-to-door for three weeks in November collecting items during her self-initiated food drive, pull-ing a wagon around her neigh-bourhood in a quest to feed those in need of help during the holidays.

She wore her Miss Cultus Lake crown as she gathered food, using the motto “One ‘can’ make a difference.”

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G.W. Graham middle second-ary’s lobby now displays the 2013 Honda Civic DX to be

given away in this coming year’s third annual grad class fundraiser.

The raffle, run through the school’s parent advisory council (PAC), raises money for graduation events such as convocation, gradua-tion dinner and dance.

“Due to the smaller size of the grad class at G.W., it is difficult for our grad students to raise funds to assist with their grad costs,” said

Denise Claridge, G.W. Graham PAC fundraising co-ordinator.

It’s the only fundraiser the G.W. grads hold to keep costs down as they leave secondary school, and it takes many volunteers over a few months to make it work.

“Since the grad car raffle started three years ago, I’ve had the oppor-tunity to meet sponsors and see first-hand our community’s involvement,” said Arlene James, a grad parent and key volunteer. “We are thankful for such wonderful support.”

Tickets are available to purchase from now until April 20 next year for $10 each, and can be bought at the G.W. office, Cottonwood Mall, Panago Pizza (Vedder location) or Beyond Nutrition (Vedder location).

First prize is the Civic valued at $20,265, with a second prize $1,000 travel voucher and $500 of gas from Shell for the third prize winner.

The draw will take place in the main lobby of G.W. Graham at 11 a.m. on April 24, 2015. Last year a total of 4,139 tickets were sold.

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Kelly Edward Kronebusch, 38, is charged with dangerous driving, flight from a peace officer, failure to stop at the scene of an accident, driving while prohibited and a breach.

And that’s just in Chilliwack.A newer model Mercedes SUV was

spotted by Chilliwack RCMP at 9:30

a.m. on Dec. 4 on Broadway Avenue. An officer attempted to pull the sus-pect vehicle over when the driver sped away. As is RCMP policy, for safety rea-sons, the officer did not pursue.

Shortly thereafter the Mercedes ran through the stop sign headed west at Brooks Avenue where it crashed into two vehicles on Young Road.

The suspect then fled the vehicle

and ran northbound. Police descend-ed on the neighbourhood in large numbers and located the man a short while later “curled up in a ball” in the bushes between two houses on Rowat.

He was banned from driving for life after a 2006 conviction.

Kronebusch has an extensive crimi-nal record from Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Penticton dating back 15 years.

Eight years ago he was sentenced to eight months in jail in Chilliwack Court for a number of offences, including two counts of possessing a controlled sub-stance for the purpose of trafficking, possessing stolen property, a weapons charge, obstructing a peace officer and two vehicle-related offences.

He was also scheduled in Surrey Provincial Court on Dec. 3 to face

charges of possession of drugs and stolen property charges in connection with a Langley incident in June.

And once he’s done in B.C., he’s wanted on nine charges in Alberta.

Kronebusch has a history of drug use but said on social media this sum-mer he hoped to turn his life around. In August, he posted on Facebook that he quit smoking “dope” after 20 years.

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Here are two ways you can help those less fortunate get a good meal this Christmas and beyond.

Hampton Inn’s Fill-A-Room-With-FoodAs a new business in Chilliwack, the

Hampton Inn wanted to institute an annual food drive as a way of supporting and giving back to the community.

“We wanted to select a charity that is based in Chilliwack and would have the greatest tangible impact”, says Christina Welsh, general manager of the Hampton

Inn.The Hampton Inn’s catering partners,

Kuro Asian Cuisine, Sherry’s Kitchen, and Vita Bella Bistro, have collected at each of their respective locations.

All food donations will be consolidated in Room 213 where the public is also encour-aged to drop off non-perishable food items. Packed foods such as canned tuna, peanut butter and personal hygiene products are

always needed.This food drive ends Friday, Dec. 12.

The Salvation Army will be presented with a cheque and all the donations that filled Room 213 at 5 p.m.

Chilliwack “Food Mob” for the Salvation Army Food Bank

All donations of non-perishable food can be delivered to the Salvation Army Food Bank Warehouse (46420 Brooks Ave.) Satur-day, Dec. 13 between 2 and 4 p.m.

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Bird flu could negatively affect the economy, it may cause some dam-age to the B.C. poultry industry, and it will certainly devastate the

farmers affected by the outbreak.But when it comes to our local, holiday

eating, consumers don’t need to be con-cerned.

As long as the virus is contained soon, the current outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza that has hit four farms in Abbotsford and one farm in Chilli-wack will likely have next to no effect on the food supply.

“It’s too early to say if this will have any market impact in terms of the availability of poultry,” Dr. Harpreet Kochhar of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on Monday. “But the magnitude is not reflecting that at this point.”

Remember there is one broiler chicken producer in Chilliwack so far affected by H5N2. His 13,000 birds were culled last week.

There are 270 hen and chicken farms in Chilliwack, 26 turkey farms and 50 other poultry farms. (Those numbers are a little out of date, but are likely close to accurate.)

So that’s one farm out of 346, or less than one third of one per cent of Chilliwack’s poultry operations.

We have seen news coverage in this paper (page 3 today) and others, lots of stories in the broadcast media across Canada, and even attention from overseas where several countries have moved to ban imports of Fraser Valley poultry.

But when it comes to danger to consum-ers, best to take the advice posted on the website of Langley’s JD Farms: “Keep calm and read on: Avian flu information.”

Here’s the thing: Not only should the avian flu not affect consumer choices about ordering turkey for Christmas dinner because of supply, if someone had access to an influenza-infected bird and cooked it

properly, even that would be safe.“Avian influenza viruses do not pose a risk

to food safety when poul-try and poultry products are properly handled and cooked,” says the CFIA. “Avian influenza rarely affects humans that do not have consistent con-tact with infected birds.”

No turkey, fresh or frozen, that you buy at the grocery store could possibly have anything connected to H5N2.

And local butcher shops Clancy’s and the Town Butcher (I didn’t ask Fras-er Valley Meats) were still taking orders last week for turkeys. Their suppliers at JD Farms and Rossdown Farms in Abbotsford are unaf-

fected by the avian flu outbreak.Silver Spoon Organic Farm in Chilliwack

is also still taking orders, and you have until Friday (Dec. 12) to book your Christmas turkey from Sleeping Mountain Organic Farms in Yarrow.

The days ahead may prove more trou-bling for local poultry producers. At the very least CFIA restrictions will prove to be inconve-nient for those who need to move birds around, including sending them to market.

Instead of fear, however, this outbreak can be taken as a further educational moment to get out to see what Chilliwack’s great local producers are serv-ing up.

Go buy some Farm Fed chicken or some Sleeping Mountain turkey or some

Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry duck.You definitely will not regret it.

◗ If you want to find local cer-tified organic turkey check out Sleeping Mountain Organic Farms in Yarrow (www.farmfreshorganics.ca - 4170 Stewart Rd., Yarrow) or Silver Spoon Organic Farm in Greendale (www.silverspoon-farms.com).

◗ Free range turkeys from Skye-Hi Farms in Yarrow are available at Fraser Valley Meats (www.fraservalley-meats.com - 7481 Vedder Rd.)

◗ Clancy’s in Chilliwack (www.clancysmeatco.com - 103-45800 Promontory Rd.) takes orders for turkeys from Abbotsford’s Rossdown Farms and Langley’s JD Farms.

◗ The Town Butcher (www.thetownbutcher.com - 46298C Yale Rd.) takes orders for turkeys from JD Farms.

Fear not the turkey this seasonAvian Flu outbreak likely won’t have an eff ect on your ability to buy a bird for Christmas

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Chilliwack farmer whose 13,000 birds had to be euthanized last week, but Chris den Hertog said he pre-ferred not to comment at this time.

Walter Dyck, president of the Chil-liwack Agriculture Commission and a poultry farmer for decades, too, deferred comments to the associa-tion.

Falk at Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry was forthcoming with his feeling that the government and CFIA did not respond well in 2004. He does try to remain optimistic, however, about the lessons learned.

“Just over one week into the con-trol/eradication efforts and we are faced with a lot more questions than answers,” Falk told the Times. “It will be very difficult for all producers in the coming weeks, but we are com-mitted to work together to bring this to a successful conclusion.”

Certified organic turkey producers Jeff and Carrie Hooge in Greendale are watching their outdoor grazing animals closely.

“We are taking every precaution-ary measure that we can to prevent

the avian influenza from coming into contact on our farm, while still prov-ing an environment in which we can raise our turkeys ethically and while abiding 100 per cent by the Canadi-an Organic standards,” Carrie said in an email. “We know that lots of Chilliwack residents are passionate about eating local, and we are happy to be able to provide an organic, local and ethical option for their Christ-mas feast.”◗ See www.chilliwacktimes.com for updates as this story evolves.

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Dyck back as school board chairThe Chilliwack board of edu-

cation elected trustees to new board positions Tuesday

night during a regular meeting at the school district office.

After voting by secret ballot, trustee Silvia Dyck won the chair

seat (nominated by Walter Krahn) and trustee Dan Coulter won vice-chair (nominated by Barry Neufeld).

Dyck was re-elected for her sixth term as trustee in last month’s elec-tion, finishing fourth by total votes.

She was serving as vice-chair until her move to the chair position and has previously served three terms as director of the B.C. Pub-lic School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA).

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showtime If you goWinter Harp: Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the HUB International Theatre inside the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Tickets are $37 for adults, $34 for seniors and $32 for students. Tickets online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.com.

The magical experience of Winter Harp returns to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre this winter with

a performance on Dec. 16, filling the HUB International Theatre with music, passion and memo-ries of Christmas past.

After all, Winter Harp is so much more than a performance —the players are a vision in magnificent medieval costumes, all flowing sleeves and vibrant cloth. Set against breath-taking

painted backgrounds of snow, cathedral windows and classical stonemasonry, the experience returns audiences to a simpler time—transporting listeners from hectic December schedules into shining holiday memories of childhood and the pure spirit of the holidays.

Carols and other classic winter tunes spring to life from harp

and drum, treating audience members to another world with ancient and rarely-seen instru-ments: two musicians play the beautifully obscure organistrum, an ornately carved distant rela-tive of the hurdy-gurdy. Another charms warm notes from a deep-voiced bass psaltery: five feet tall, 35-stringed, and the only one of its kind in the world. With thrill-

ing harmonies and soothing nar-ration, the musicians draw their audience deep into the heart of winter—a journey to the centre of holiday spirit.

“There are a lot of memories wrapped up in Christmas. There’s a lot of joy, and sometimes there’s sorrow,” Winter Harp’s Lori Pap-pajohn says, her voice hushed, and softly passionate. “People

remember their childhoods, or parents who may no longer be with them. These are the memo-ries often stirred at our concerts—the winters they will never forget.”

Their winter repertoire includes some of the most joyful music ever written, and it’s clear in this passionate and ardent display that shines from the stage and pours from Winter Harp’s master musicians.

Winter Harp: Warm voices for cold nightsSubmitted photo

Winter Harp could well be the soundtrack for the winters you’ll never forget. They play the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Dec. 16 in the HUB International Theatre.

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The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is home to multiple arts and crafts studios, not to mention two beauti-ful theatres. Starting in January, all of those spaces will be filled to the brim with all sorts of classes and work-shops.

If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at pottery, painting, photogra-phy or making jewelry, the new year is the perfect chance.

“Education is the kindling of a flame,” Socrates said.

Dan Berube is back in the studio to teach all levels of drawing and paint-ing, including Art Safari for kids and introductory courses in sketching and acrylics.

He also directs a new workshop this year called “Drawing Faces,” which will take rudimentary drawing skills to the next level in learning how to accurately depict faces in art—a tricky skill to develop on your own.

Pottery classes, likewise, range from beginner to expert under the tutelage of Sarah Belley. Build a solid foundation in wheelwork or hand-building with the clay creators series, designed as an introduction to clay basics over the course of eight weeks.

And, if that seems like more of a time commitment than you think you can fit into your busy sched-ule, have no fear, Belley condens-es the most important lessons in a three-session introductory course titled Easy as 1-2-3: Ceramics for Beginners. It’s a little easier for both the dayplanner and the pocketbook to handle, making it a perfect intro for a beginning potter. It’s a great way to build the basics of claywork, espe-cially for those hoping to take advan-tage of the Centre’s weekly clay open studios for self-directed work.

Speaking of open studios, they’re back with a vengeance this new year with added sessions due to popular demand. The Centre’s Life Drawing studio will run weekly on Wednes-days, providing live models of var-

ious ages, genders, and shapes for students to sketch. While no formal instruction is provided, support, encouragement and advice are nev-er in short supply. Join a casual and comfortable artistic community at any of our drop-in studios, including clay work and paper crafts.

And as ever, the lovely and talent-ed Alicia Champ returns to oversee a full docket of flamework and wire-work classes, including chainmail, enamelling, and glass bead work-shops. Learn to make your own jewelry from scratch, beads and all. Molten glass, torchwork, layered details and colours —it’s as hot and exhilarating as it sounds.

The Centre’s kids classes are also ready and raring to go with a slate of activities and workshops for all ages. Your children will find a place to pour their creativity out in any number of classes, including draw-ing, painting, pottery and acting for ages six to 12. These workshops are designed not only to help your chil-dren shape their creative visions into something tangible, but lead them in activities that will see them blossom in a collaborative and confi-dence-boosting atmosphere.

With the way time flies, you might even be thinking about spring break already—and the Centre assures

that it will be offering art camps over those weeks as per usual to keep your creative kid occupied and happy.

There’s so much on tap at the Centre that it’s impossible to list it all—workshops tackle specific top-ics in photography, pottery, craft-work and much more. And if there’s a class you wish you could take but don’t see offered, contact the centre and they’ll see if they can set some-thing up. They can organize private classes for either small groups or individuals, perfect for parties, girls’ nights out, or getting the hang of that one tricky medium in one-on-one instruction with one of the Centre’s talented teachers.

◗ All this information and more can be found either online at www.chil-liwackculturalcentre.ca or in the handy class brochure available at the box office and around town. As always, feel free to contact the Cen-tre with any questions or comments. They love to hear from you, so feel free to reach out. Call the Centre Box Office at 604-391-SHOW(7469). No matter what you have planned for the new year, the Centre hopes it’s part of it. Let your creativity find a home at the Centre and watch your skills grow and blossom into talents you never knew you had.

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“As time marches forward, much of the past is forgotten—and this includes music. There are hundreds of carols that have been forgotten,” she continues. “When I come across an almost-forgotten carol I cherish the fact that I have found it and that I’m able to give it a voice—so that, at least for now, it is not lost in the mists of time.”

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◗ The players of Winter Harp take to the stage in the Chilliwack Cultural Centre’s HUB Interna-tional Theatre on December 16 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $37 for adults, $34 for seniors, and $32 for stu-dents. Tickets are available online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca or by calling the box office at 604-391-SHOW(7469).

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entitled The Christmas Album and is sponsored by Chilliwack United Church.

Weber performs at EmporiumSam Weber performs at the Acous-tic Emporium Dec. 12. A road dog of a younger breed, Weber is a known guitar slinger and record maker of Western Canada. His ambitious, masterful debut full-length album, Shadows in the Road, is the culmina-tion of years already spent focused

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CSO performsThe Chilliwack Symphony Orches-tra and Chorus invite all to their enchanting Christmas concert on Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chilli-wack Cultural Centre. Dancers from

the Fraser Valley Academy of Dance are set to perform portions of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, and the CSO chorus and orchestra will present some of the most cherished music of the Christmas tradition. Added sparkle to the evening is

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Two-for-one exhibition“The Colours of Life” shows in the Gallery of the Chilliwack Cultural Centre until Dec. 20. The Gallery is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from noon until 5 p.m. Artist Col-lette Pereira creates paintings on canvas and hand-turned wooden bells, and photographer Kelly Corbett’s detailed photographs and fine line drawings reflect the natural beauty of British Columbia. A two-for-one exhibition featuring paintings and photo-graphs by two very tal-ented B.C. artists.

CMO celebrates seasonOn Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. the Chilliwack Metro-politan Orchestra (CMO) will perform their annual Celebration of Christmas Concert at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. This year’s theme will be The Music of Christmas through the Ages - from Renaissance to Rock and will feature soprano Sinead White. Members of The Chilliwack Players Guild will be on hand in the lobby in period costumes singing and entertaining concert goers. Tickets are on sale now at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Box Office, online at www.chilliwackcuklturalcen-tre.com or by calling 604-391-SHOW. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students.

Christmas luncheonChilliwack Chapter #49 of the Order of the Eastern Star invites the public to a Christmas luncheon Dec. 13 at the Masonic Hall, 45905 Hocking Ave. Doors open at 11 a.m. with lunch at 11:30 a.m. Homemade cabbage rolls, perogies, buns, dessert, tea and coffee for $10. Baking, Watkins, Grace Adele, Scentsy and Fifth Avenue Jew-elry tables set up. Door prizes.

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Pencil Fingerz & Friends Art ShowThe 2nd Annual Pencil Fingerz & Friends Art Show. Featuring artwork by Davis Graham, RJ Bruni, Cassidy Harms, Dani Ruschke, Ashley Lord, and Davis Lefler will be held Dec. 18 at the Odlum Brown Studio at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre from 6 to 8 p.m. Enter by donation of cash or canned food, all donations go to the Chilliwack Food Bank. Davis Graham, better known as Pencil Fingerz, is a Canadian artist based out of Chilliwack. He created The Underachievers’ album cover for The Cellar Door; Terminus Ut Exordium, picture above.

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