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Aldergrove, Langley youth groups merge

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By ANDREW BUCHOLTZAldergrove Star

For Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services and Langley’s Family and Youth Services, a joint project they started in 2009 proved inspiration to work more closely together overall.

Th at’s coming to fruition now, as the organiza-tions announced last week that they’re planning to offi cially merge.

Th e Reverend Kim Prokopchuk, the current president of the ANS board of directors and the deacon at Aldergrove’s St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church, said the two organizations’ joint proj-ect (turning Aldergrove’s Building 272 into a drop-in community centre for youth) showed that they could accomplish a lot together.

“Th e two organizations really complement each other,” Prokopchuk said. “It became so obvious as we worked together that we could do more if we were to merge.”

Lynne Topham is currently the executive di-rector of both organizations and will retain that role aft er the merger. She has been with ANS since 1995, became its executive director in 2004 and has also been involved with FAYS over much of the last decade.

Both organizations currently work throughout all of Langley, with ANS focusing on families that have children aged eight and younger and FAYS primarily working with teenagers, but also trying to help children aged fi ve and up.

Topham said the Building 272 project demon-strated that the two organizations were working

along the same lines, but had a considerable amount to off er each other thanks to their diff er-ing areas of expertise.

“It kind of planted the seed for further discus-sions,” she said.

ANS has around 25 employees, while FAYS has 11.

Prokopchuk said combining the organizations should help to reduce administration time and HARRY HUNT PHOTO

Maypole dancers kept the May Day traditions alive at Bradner’s 92nd annual May Day party on Victoria Day. Story, photos inside this edition.

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Th ere are plenty of Vancouver Canucks’ fans around Aldergrove, but few are easier to spot than Ed Zezchuk. Zezchuk, a trades inspector with the District of Maple Ridge who makes his home in town, has turned his van into a tribute to the team. Th e fi rst step was the paint job and the words.

“It’s all painted in Canucks colours,” he said. “I’ve got ‘Go Canucks Go’ on it.”

Th at took plenty of eff ort on its own, but it was only the beginning.

“I put two giant hockey sticks on it,” Zezchuk said. “I just started with the sticks and everyone liked them. Th ey’re actu-ally fi berglass sticks, the blades and every-thing. I got the butt ends on the sticks and I taped them up.”

Th at part of the project was complet-ed before the playoff s, but the reaction it drew inspired Zezchuk to keep adding to the van.

“It’s been awesome,” he said. “I had the sticks done even before they started the playoff s. Just before Game One I had the sticks mounted and everyone kind of liked it. Everyone’s been kind of egging me on, so it kept growing.”

Th e next part of the van features more logos, as well as a couple of elaborate dec-orative pucks.

“I’ve got these litt le twirly things I painted up with the Canucks’ colours

‘Canucks-mania’ grips Aldergrove

SUBMITTED PHOTOA “Stanley Cup” crowns Ed Zezchuk’s Canucks tribute van.SEE: Page 3

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ANDREW BUCHOLTZ PHOTOClockwise from top, Lynne Topham , Kim Proko-pchuk and Jeremy Lyndon announce the merger of ANS and FAYS.

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By DAN FERGUSONBlack Press

News that Langley College will close Aug. 31 came as a shock to Aldergrove resident Stacey Fleming and her fellow students.

Fleming, a busy mother of three, has been working toward her certif-icate in early childhood education part-time at the college for about two years.

Th e program trains students for a career working in daycare or pre-schools, Fleming explains.

“We’re working with the chil-dren before they enter the school system.”

Th e 28-year-old college in Langley has a good reputation.

It was recently given an excel-lent rating by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA), the provincial govern-ment body that audits privately-owned learning institutions in B.C.

On May 14 Fleming and her classmates were informed the col-lege will close August 31.

An e-mail from college director of instruction Claire Guy said the decision “arises as a result of Board of Education’s decisions regarding their budget deliberations for the 2011-12 year.”

Th at is a reference to the $13.5 million defi cit that the Langley

School District has to pay back over the next four years.

School district spokesperson Craig Spence said funding for the college adult education program was cut because it was outside the central focus of “K-to-12” pro-grams.

“It’s a tough decision,” Spence said.

He stressed the district is work-ing to make arrangements with other colleges so students will be able to complete their studies.

“It is looking very positive that we will have workable options for you as early as next week,” Spence said in an e-mail to be sent to the 250 full- and part-time students from Langley, Abbotsford and Surrey aff ected by the shutdown.

Most full-time students will be able to fi nish their studies by the end of August, but part-timers like Fleming will not.

She has at least a year left to go in her part-time studies, and she has yet to hear anything specifi c from the college.

“All we’ve been told is ‘we’re looking into options,’” she said.

“Well, thanks.” Fellow student Amanda Mercer,

an Abbotsford resident, said the college and students are not respon-sible for the budget overrun by the

Langley school district. “So now we have to suff er?”

Mercer told Black Press.Langley resident Tanya Drury

wonders where student academic records will be kept for prospective employers to check.

“Th ere are students who just started this course,” Drury said. “It’s shameful.”

Student Jocelyn Veer, a Langley resident, wrote a lett er to the dis-trict calling the decision “irrespon-sible” and complaining the district should have given the college more warning.

Veer said the funding cuts should be postponed a year.

A Nov. 8, 2010 review of Langley College by the PCTIA said the “the audit team has determined that stu-dents are receiving excellent Early Childhood Education and Health Care Assistants career training in a well-equipped and well-managed educational facility.”

Th e review added that the audit team “was impressed with the high level of professionalism, dedication, and team spirit evident amongst the staff and students of Langley College.”

Langley College is a private insti-tution, which has received funds from the school district to off er cer-tain adult education programs.

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DAN FERGUSON PHOTOStacey Fleming (foreground) and fellow students have just learned Langley College is being closed — before some of them will be able to fi nish their studies.

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and logos, and then I built two giant hockey pucks,” Zezchuk said. “Th ey’re about 30 inches high, right on the front. Th ey’re lighted in the centre, so they’re all black but then they have a centre you can turn on and they actually light up.”

Th e centrepiece is a uniquely Canuck touch.

“In the middle, I’ve got a giant Stanley Cup that I made,” Zezchuk said. “Behind that, I made a spe-cial litt le apparatus. Basically, I got a litt le 19-inch Johnny Canuck that I ordered, and then I mounted a piece of eight-by-20 aluminum on a spring system. It springs, so it’s kind of like he’s chasing the cup.”

Th e van’s seen modifi ca-tions throughout the play-off s to refl ect Vancouver’s ongoing success as well.

“On the side of the van, I’ve got a Canucks logo and

then the diff erent teams,” Zezchuk said. “I’ve got Chicago with an X through it, Nashville with an X through it, and I’ve got San Jose waiting to go.”

It’s been a labour of love for Zezchuk, but a time-con-suming one.

“I’ve put about 48 hours into it,” he said. “I kept add-ing on and now it’s gott en prett y full.”

Th e van modifi cations have been expensive, too, but Zezchuk’s made an eff ort to use recycled supplies when-ever possible.

“Moneywise, I’ve got about $70 just in bolts, because I have to bolt every-thing down. I’ve spent prob-ably about $400,” he said. “I use a lot of recycled materi-als, because I’m a building inspector but I also have my own plumbing company, so for a lot of it, I use pipe and that. I was able to scrap some stuff off people who kind of

helped me out.”Zezchuk said the idea just

came to him shortly before the playoff s.

“I just felt like I wanted to do it,” he said. “It’s weird; I’ve got my own woodwork-ing shop and that and I just felt like ‘I can do this!’

He’d initially planned to only do a few modifi cations, but the response encouraged him to continue.

“Everybody liked it, so I just kind of kept going,” he said.

For Zezchuk, this is just the latest act in a lifetime of supporting the Canucks, though.

“I’ve been following the Canucks for so many years, for 40 years, ever since I was a kid,” he said. “We were young, but I lived in Vancouver and followed them ever since the begin-ning.”

He said this season proved the ideal time to cre-ate this van, though, given the Canucks’ regular-season success and playoff run thus far.

“Th at’s why I started this year, I had a really good feel-ing,” Zezchuk said. “I had a feeling this is the best oppor-tunity they’ve had since they came into the NHL.”

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expenses while off ering a more com-prehensive approach to help at-risk children, youth and families.

However, the plan is to maintain the current staff s and mission areas.

“Th ere are not going to be employ-ees losing jobs,” Prokopchuk said.

Th e FAYS offi ce on Eastleigh Cres-cent in downtown Langley will be-come the unifi ed organization’s main offi ce, but the ANS offi ce above the Aldergrove Community Police Offi ce will be retained and will be used to head up their Aldergrove operations.

Topham said having a strong Alder-grove presence will be vital for the combined organization.

“We have to have that presence still in Aldergrove,” she said.

Th e two organizations will offi cially merge July 1, but preparation work is already underway.

Offi cially, FAYS is merging into ANS, so the new organization will be called Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services at fi rst, but they’re hoping to develop a new name that refl ects their Langley-wide mandate and presence.

Topham said it will take a while to fully combine the two organizations, though.

“Th e process will evolve over six to eight months,” she said.

Jeremy Lyndon, the president of the board of directors of FAYS, said the merger should signifi cantly benefi t that organization.

“What this means for FAYS is sta-bility,” he said.

Lyndon said merging with ANS gives FAYS that stability while main-taining the local connections and control that have helped them over the years.

“Our number-one priority for this whole thing was keeping services in Langley provided by a Langley orga-nization.”

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By KURT LANGMANNAldergrove Star

Th e Grochowski family was moved to tears of joy and “oohs” and “aahs” of pleasure on Monday evening when they saw the transformation of their home.

Over the previous 10 days teams of volunteers, estimated at close to 400, had almost worked around the clock to renovate and update the fam-ily’s home in Aldergrove.

Th e family of six – father Walter and mother Terry, along with their children Sarah, Alicine, Benjamin and Samuel – have owned the home for the past 14 years. To their delight it was selected for this year’s Extreme Home Repair by the Acts of Kindness (AOK) team from Aldergrove

7th-day Adventist Church.Th e family was also given

a vacation in luxury suites at Abbotsford and Whistler while the work was undertaken, so the “big reveal” at 5 p.m., May 23, was the fi rst they got to see of their renovated home.

Not only was there major rewiring and plumbing work done, the ceilings, walls and fl oors were all redone in taste-fully chosen coverings. Th ere were also new appliances and furniture, as well as a new back-yard deck and lawn installed.

Th e teams worked long hours, well into the nights, to ensure the work was com-pleted on schedule — and all of the work, some of it by licensed professionals, was donated.

Th e family was nomi-

nated for this year’s project, the eighth annual Extreme Home Repair, by a neighbour, who felt the family deserved a leg up, aft er the devastating loss of a brother, David, who was killed in a car crash three years ago. David had been an outstanding rugby player and popular student at Aldergrove Secondary, and his rugby jer-sey now hangs in a place of honour in the family’s new fi t-ness room downstairs.

“Th e recipients are not the only ones to benefi t from the Extreme Home Repair,” said AOK coordinator Mike Dauncey. “Everyone who gets involved is moved and changed with the satisfaction of having been part of a vibrant commu-nity that stepped up to make a diff erence in someone’s life.”

Family marvels at ‘Extreme Home Repair’unveiling

HARRY HUNT PHOTOThe Grochowski family marvels at the transformation of their home at Monday’s unveiling of the Alder-grove Extreme Home Repair, performed by the Acts of Kindness volunteers and donors over 10 days. See video of unveiling at www.aldergrovestar.com

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HARRY HUNT PHOTOVancouver Canucks fans brought out their “ponies” for the 92nd annual Bradner May Day party on Monday. Below left, a close-up of Ed Zezchuk’s van rooftop.

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HARRY HUNT PHOTOBradner’s May Day royalty led the festivities at the 92nd annual event on Victoria Day. The 2011 queen is Sarbjot Njjar and her princesses are Amanda Wenting and Jade Erickson.

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Clouds did not deter a large and enthusiastic crowd from att ending the 92 annual May Day celebrations in Bradner on Victoria Day Monday.

Th e event was highlighted by a parade and traditional maypole dancing. Several activities continued on the school grounds throughout the day.

Four year old Nathan Strong said he liked the parade “es-pecially the bands and the candy.”

Approximately 1,000 people watched as 40 students from Bradner Elementary performed intricate ribbon pat-terns on the maypoles.

May Day royalty included queen, Sarbjot Nijjar and prin-cesses, Jade Erickson and Amanda Wenting.

HARRY HUNT PHOTOJust bubbling along: Youngsters had all manner of creative fl oats at the 92nd annual Bradner May Day parade on Vic-topria Day, including this soap bubble-blowing car.

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A former gravel pit on Bradner Road will be transformed into farmland aft er sitt ing barren for more than 30 years.

Th e property, located in the 8400 block, was mined in the late 1960s and early ‘70s and pre-dates the creation of the Agricultural Land Reserve.

“Whoever owned it back then just mined out the gravel and left it,” said Coun. John Smith. “It’s useless right now.”

Present property owner Lloyd Brown has been work-ing with the city on a soil deposit plan that would see ap-proximately 62,000 cubic metres of earth brought to the site over a fi ve-year period, to transform it back to usable agricultural land.

Last week, council approved the plan, despite local truck traffi c concerns.

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Craig BrennanPutt ing the right shoe forward

Craig Brennan, general manager of Aldergrove’s Boston Pizza location, is doing his part to try and pitch in for the community. Brennan has been run-ning a shoe-exchange program around town, where people can drop off used or new shoes that are then redistributed to students who need them. He said he got his inspiration from his in-volvement with school soccer programs.

“It was de-rived from a soccer program we put into the schools,” he said.

During Bren-nan’s involve-ment with that program, he noticed that many students didn’t have good running shoes.

“When I went to follow up on it, there were a large number of students that didn’t own running shoes,” he said. “Th ey were playing soccer in snow boots and that sort of thing.”

Th at motivated him to try and create some change.

Brennan said the program has turned into quite a team eff ort, with many organizations and businesses around town coming together to help out kids in need.

“I talked to my executive with Alder-grove Youth Soccer, and then we got the Aldergrove Business Association involved, and it’s just kind of taken off from there,” he said.

Th anks to that support, there are plenty of places where people can drop off shoes for the program.

“We have 10 bins around town, 10 drop-off locations including the three schools,” Brennan said.

Brennan said the low-eff ort nature of the program makes it easy for peo-ple to contrib-ute.

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weeks I go around once the bins are full and take them up to the schools.”

Brennan estimates 75 to 100 pairs of shoes have been donated so far, with many of those coming to the bin at his Boston Pizza branch.

“Th e bin here alone has fi lled up four times,” he said.

Th e program has been running for a month, and Brennan said the response has been fantastic.

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By ANNE PATTERSONBlack Press

Diana Ball, a Standardbred breeder and former program co-ordinator for Greener Pastures, a Standardbred adoption program, is convinced that the racing industry is being deliberately sacrifi ced to maximize profi ts for the gambling industry.

She further maintains that the provincial Liberal government doesn’t seem to care.

“Th e Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, which operates the Fraser Downs racetrack and casi-no, appears to be slowly strangling the industry until everyone in it is forced to pack up and leave. Th ey have now shortened the racing sea-son to 71 race dates from around 130 a year. Th ey have now shut down four of the six barns at Fraser Downs, saying it’s too expensive to keep the lights on. Th ere’s nowhere for the horses to go,” said Diana.

She points out that the City of Surrey gave Great Canadian Casino a license to operate a casino at Fraser Downs on the condition it maintain “continuous” racing at the track.

“I think they wanted the gam-

bling but not the horses.” Shortening the racing season

and shutt ing down barns at the track have made it almost impos-sible for most breeders and owners to make a living.

“Most people in the harness rac-ing industry don’t have farms where they can board their horses for six months of the year. Th ey can’t aff ord to keep them at boarding stables. So many horses are being shipped to the slaughterhouse. We can’t survive on a six-month sea-son,” said Diana.

Diana has learned that Harness BC has sought legal advice to deter-mine if the industry can seek help from the courts.

“But it is my understanding that the lease agreement is between the City of Surrey and the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. Harness BC doesn’t have legal recourse because it is not a party to the agreement,” said Ball.

Instead, Great Canadian has told racing industry reps that they should move to Alberta for six months of the year. “So we’re going to take our kids out of school, and pack up and move to another prov-ince for half a year?”

Diana Ball is a case in point. She and her husband sold their Aldergrove farm and moved to a 70-acre property in Falkland two years ago so she could continue her breeding program and board race horses off -season.

Given the dismal future of the industry, she has stopped breeding and has only a handful of boarders, not enough to make ends meet.

“I refuse to bring horses into this world when I know damn well they have nowhere to go. Fortunately, my husband got a job in Kamloops. Otherwise I don’t know what we would do. Th ere are no jobs around here,” she said.

She has writt en lett ers and called politicians, government offi -cials and “everyone else who would listen” to ask that the racing indus-try be treated fairly.

“So many people’s jobs depend on it. Where are they going to go? Welfare? I’m well aware that time is not on our side. We can’t wait for a long, drawn-out court batt le. We are facing the end of an industry,” said Diana.

-Anne Patt erson is a Langley writ-er and horse owner. Contact her at [email protected]

Standardbred racers feel squeezed

By NATASHA JONESBlack Press

While Langley Township fi re-fi ghters responded to fewer calls in 2010 than the year before, the num-ber of medical emergencies soared by 36 per cent.

Firefi ghters in almost every jurisdiction in B.C. are the “fi rst responders” in emergency situa-tions, meaning that even though they cannot transport the injured to hospital, they are normally the fi rst emergency personnel to answer medical emergencies.

Township fi refi ghters were dis-patched to 2,650 medical calls, and 1,072 vehicle crashes in 2010.

Residential alarms dropped by 32 per cent, the number of house fi res fell by almost 15 per cent, and the number of times fi refi ghters were dispatched to fuel spills or ille-gal dumping of drug waste declined by 16 per cent.

Commercial structure fi res rose by 30 per cent, dumpster fi res by 24 per cent, and vehicle fi res by 22 per cent.

Th e number of calls for all emer-gency categories dropped by fi ve per cent.

In total, Township fi refi ghters answered 4,804 emergency calls, an average of 13 a day for the eight halls combined.

Th e statistics were presented to council on April 18 in a report compiled by the new fi re chief, Steve Gamble.

In his report, Gamble said that the average response time was 4:54 minutes for paid on-call members, and 1:53 minutes for career staff who are stationed at fi re halls.

“Th e department continues to meet its 2005 commitment to respond within eight minutes 90 per cent of the time.

Gamble noted a predicament in

recruiting and retaining fi refi ghters. As president of the B.C. Fire Chiefs Association and fi rst vice-presi-dent of the Canadian Fire Chiefs Association, he has learned that the challenge is not unique to Langley. It is felt in communities across the country and in Metro Vancouver, he said.

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By DAN FERGUSONBlack Press

If they’d stopped at dumping fake “snow” in front of the main entrance to Langley’s D.W. Poppy Secondary School, it would have been nothing more than a harmless prank, warranting nothing worse than a trip to the principal’s offi ce.

But because four teens went on to decorate the outside window shutt ers of the school with obscene graffi ti and smash a window, police have now become involved in the Th ursday night incident outside the school at 23752 - 52 Avenue.

One is a former student, while the others were still att ending class-es at D.W. Poppy.

Th ey are accused of dumping a waist-high pile of ice shavings from

a local ice arena in front of the main door to the school late Th ursday night.

It appears one or more of the four used a spray can to cover the roll-down security shutt ers that covered the lower windows of the school with graffi ti that consisted of crudely-sketched and obscene car-toons, a photo posted to Facebook showed.

A small upper window was bro-ken as well.

It’s one of the most serious inci-dents of vandalism ever recorded at the school.

One teen was arrested and later released.

RCMP are recommending charges of criminal mischief to property against the three 17-year-

olds and one 18-year-old.School maintenance crews were

called in Friday and painted out the graffi ti and repaired the window in just over two hours.

Rural high school vandalized

HARRY HUNT PHOTOTrash dumping on public property is costing taxpayers plenty to clean up after the vandals.

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VICTORIA – My feed-back on the harmonized sales tax debate is running hott er as taxpayers await Premier Christy Clark’s “bold” changes to the tax, due to be revealed any day.

In response to several angry readers, I will restate what I had hoped was obvious by now. All but the poorest consumers (myself included) are paying more tax under the HST than they were under the old provincial sales tax. Th e richest pay by far the most.

Th e “embedded” PST has been removed from many products, but evidence isn’t yet clear that this is being passed on to consumers, as econo-mists predict. What is clear is that businesses are benefi ting. What is still in dispute is what businesses are helped most.

Doug Donaldson, the NDP MLA for Stikine, objected to my statement last week that he was wrong about the HST benefi ciaries being “Liberal donor corporations.” So again I will state the obvious, that forest, mining and other resource companies donate to the B.C. Liberals. (Th e NDP is on record as wanting to increase corporate income and capital taxes.)

Donaldson goes wrong when he specifi es “corpora-tions” rather than small busi-ness. Consider the forest industry.

Over the past 20 years the entire B.C. industry contract-

ed out its harvesting opera-tions, based on the well-tested principle that independent contractors are more effi cient than infl exible, strike-prone major forest operators. Th at has been a painful process, not just economically but in terms of worker safety. But it’s exact-ly the kind of global-market shift that is being imposed on B.C.

As mentioned last week, you may not like that, but you shouldn’t believe those who try to pretend it’s not happen-ing. And those big “corpora-tions” had their major machin-ery and equipment exempted from sales tax long before the HST. It’s the small contractors who are now gett ing the ben-efi t.

NDP fi nance critic Bruce Ralston notes that anyone can incorporate for tax purposes. It’s common for doctors, dentists and lawyers such as Ralston. But is it practical to expect the owner-operator of a logging truck to do that?

Th e independent truck drivers I’ve met are more con-cerned about paying their next fuel bill than hiring a lawyer to incorporate them. Increasingly it is immigrants who drive trucks, out-working the resi-dent population to get ahead as immigrants have always had to do.

Speaking of immigrants, the situation in Vancouver real estate is worth noting. One of the things HST was supposed

to severely depress was high-end new housing, now subject to the seven-per-cent provin-cial portion of HST once the prices exceeds $525,000.

What has happened? Off shore buyers are push-ing costs out of the reach of B.C. residents who aspire to an ocean view. In many cases these are “satellite families,” taking advantage of our clean, stable, safe jurisdiction on the Pacifi c Rim. Mum may drive the kids to private school in a Range Rover, but the family reports litt le or no Canadian income. Th e only way these residents will pay a share is through consumption taxes.

I have also argued that migration of retirees will dom-inate B.C.’s population growth in the coming years. Th is is another group that reports less income but has signifi cant consumption.

A recent B.C. Stats study shows that I overstated the impact of retirees. Since 1961, only seven per cent of migrants to B.C. have been 65 or older.

Younger people are coming here to work, and increasingly they will be self-employed or in small business.

Th e NDP supports lower-ing small business income tax to zero. Th ey should also sup-port the HST.

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IRICE: Ingrid Rice’s View What I think of the HSTBy GREG MUNDEN

I haven’t been paying much att ention to the debate about the HST – mostly because I didn’t think that it was at risk. Even aft er the refer-endum was announced, I didn’t think that a vote was going to change anything. But, it seems that the threat to the HST is real and I should explain why I’m going to vote to keep the HST during the HST Ref-erendum in June.

I am not a corporate big-wig. I own a third generation, family-owned trucking company in Kamloops that was built from the ground up by my grandparents and parents. Today, I run the com-pany with my two brothers and our wives. I don’t make millions of dollars, but our family business provides employment to 35 staff . Th ey have families to support, so the long-term success of our busi-ness aff ects a lot of people.

Th e HST has meant that my company could aggressively invest in new trucks. We have recently spent more money and bought more trucks than if the HST weren’t in place, because we’re able to claim input tax credits for the HST we pay for business-related expenses – including when we replace older, less effi cient equipment. Th at means that our employees – I’m calling them employees, but they’re really our friends – can operate newer, trouble-free equipment with more safety features. Newer tractors are also more environmentally friendly because they create far less pollution than older models. Th ey are more reliable and require less maintenance, which means that our customers have all-around bett er service.

Th e trucking industry is feeling a lot of pressure in terms of fuel prices and other business costs but, in the long-run, the HST will mean that we won’t have to raise our rates as much in the future in order to make a profi t and keep our business healthy. It’s always a balancing act, and the HST has made this easier.

I know that the HST isn’t good for everybody. One of my good friends owns a fast-food business in Kamloops and his business is suff ering. I really feel for him and I don’t like having to pay the HST on restaurant bills either.

But I believe that, on balance, having the HST is bett er than go-ing back to the PST and having a dual tax system. I’ve got to believe that the experience of my small business is being repeated across the province, but those business owners aren’t talking about it because it’s too controversial and it’s easier not to.

Th e problem is, if we don’t talk about why we support the HST, it could very well be defeated during the referendum by people who think it doesn’t benefi t anyone other than big business.

To me, the HST isn’t just about big business. It’s also about small businesses like mine, and the families and communities we support.

-Greg Munden is the President of Munden Ventures Ltd., a third-gen-eration transportation business based in Kamloops. He serves as second vice-chair of the BCTA Board of Directors and holds an MBA fr om Royal Roads University.

A price for U.S. tripsA photo in recent editions of Th e Star and Langley Times showed

a long line of traffi c on 264 Street, with people waiting for up to fi ve hours to cross the U.S.-Canada border at the Aldergrove crossing.

While a lineup that long is unusual, the amount of traffi c fl owing south from Canada has grown substantially in recent months. Th ere are many reasons — the higher-valued Canadian dollar, the high price of gas, the HST and the general allure of shopping in the U.S.

Despite more onerous border rules and the possibility on a lengthy wait, Canadians want to head south. Th ey have every right to do so. Canada does not restrict the movement of its citizens and the U.S. welcomes Canadians as visitors. Th ey can spend money there if they so desire.

However, there are a few points worth considering about making shopping outside the country a regular habit.

Canadian businesses employ Canadians. Working people in this country receive wages from their employers for the work they do. Whether their employers are retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers or service-oriented businesses, they all depend on a demand for goods and services within Canada.

Canadian businesses also support many causes within the com-munity. Th ey donate to charities, fundraisers and special events, and they sponsor local sports teams and other youth activities.

Canadian businesses are not responsible for tax policies, such as the HST. Th ey charge the taxes they are legally required to.

Many Langley businesses have seen sales fl att en or drop as a result of cross-border shopping. If this trend continues for a lengthy pe-riod, they will have to reduce staff . So will their suppliers.

Th at will mean less jobs and less support for the community, and ultimately, less money in many people’s pockets.

Th is is not a prescription for long-term economic success.-Frank Bucholtz, Langley Times

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Editor:Most Langley residents believe

that bylaws and permits protect our property and rights. Not so. Our cur-rent council instructed their lawyer to write, “enforcement… with respect to contravention of its bylaws… is at the sole discretion of the Township.”

Th is statement should make ev-ery township resident shudder. Th e Township makes bylaws and issues permits under these bylaws, even inspects the work, then ignores the contraventions. We have confi dence, knowing bylaws were made to pro-tect us, but that confi dence is false. Th is means we cannot expect bylaw enforcement to protect our rights or properties. It means that a permit for 10 inches of fi ll is really okay for four feet and that the two-storey condo can really be built to four stories. It just depends… maybe it’s who is do-ing the job, or maybe something else. Th e result is that we cannot depend

on council enforcement to be fair and equitable.

I learnt the hard way. Six years of complaints about overfi lling on a Township permit (restricted in depth by the ALC and DFO) resulted in a lett er with the above quote on Town-ship’s discretionary powers. Town-ship engineers fi rst denied depths, then later paid for a survey that con-fi rmed the overfi lling. Th e clincher… it’s Township dirt… from the airport expansion site.

Some council members have tried for fairness but have been outnum-bered. Charlie Fox’s eff orts ended in a plan to fi ll neighbours’ fl ooded fi elds (which was rejected). Mayor Green viewed the piled dirt and said that they would make it right. He revisited the site when Engineering informed him the work was fi nished and he once again found the fi ll site unac-ceptable. Bev Dornan could only say that the wording in the above-men-

tioned lett er was “unfortunate”. Th e Ministry of Community and

Rural Development gave examples of when bylaw provisions may be con-travened: when a provision was be-ing challenged in court, if they were about to change the bylaw, or possibly if there had not been a complaint.

Th ese are reasonable excuses. Con-venient dumping of Township dirt is a callous abuse of power. Allowing one property to upgrade at the ex-pense of neighbours is not a proper use of discretion.

Mine is not an isolated case. Hun-dreds of Langley residents have felt the power of Township’s ‘discretion’.

Th is fall we have a chance to change Langley Township Council. It’s time to fi nd council members who will represent the community, who will treat us all equally, and who will protect our properties and our free-doms.

Sue Leyland, Langley

Editor:Almost every time I look in the

paper and read a comment about our current Mayor they are speak-ing out how he has been treated by council. Th is “us” against “them” att itude is not doing anyone any good. Could our Mayor have done anything diff erent to work with council on issues instead of saying he was bullied and laying blame on others?

Mayor Dianne Watt s of Surrey, when she was elected, was in the same sort of predicament with vir-tually no support from the council that was aligned with a previous Mayor. Yet, she was able to work with council on the issues at hand

and not let herself be dissuaded or distracted by personality confl icts such as what is happening here in the Township. Now that’s real leadership.

Th is petulance between our Mayor and council has been going on since the fi rst meeting nearly three years ago. What has the Mayor actually done when there has been no leadership during this entire term? I have seen countless times that our Mayor is “not done yet”. Not done what? What has he started for that matt er?

Why is there so much hostility to Mr. Froese running for Mayor anyways? On his webpage one can see he has been involved with

numerous community groups, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and he received an award from the Aldergrove Agriculture As-sociation for his farm. Imagine; a successful businessman/farmer who wants to run for Mayor of a farming community. Resume… check.

Someone so graciously advised that Mr. Froese should “get his feet wet” in municipal politics fi rst. I, for one, like the confi dent “jump in with both feet” att itude that he has shown. Th at att itude is what made the Township originally and perhaps that att itude is needed now.

M. O’Donnell, Langley

Laying blame has to stop

Editor:Regarding the Township’s green

can program, which cans are for rats and mice? Th e last thing Aldergrove needs is a chance to att ract more rats and mice with sloppy wet kitchen

garbage put out in a “green can”. Local stores can hardly keep up

with the demand for traps, poison, etc. to combat the epidemic of rats and mice in this area. Who thought this through? Or is someone in the

pest control business or print busi-ness, that could profi t from encour-aging more of a feeding frenzy for these pests or costly print projects to fi ll our recycling bins?

Pat Stockbrocks, Aldergrove

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Selective enforcement is not right way

Let’s go back to starting point on HSTEditor: Once again, the BC Liberals’ local

point-man, Tom Fletcher, has dem-onstrated his skill in diverting the public from the real issues in B.C. politics. He accuses the NDP and Bill Vander Zalm of sett ing up straw-men because they object to the govern-ment’s bias in spending $5 million on pushing their HST in the guise of an “information campaign” while the anti-HST side gets only 1/20 of that amount.

Mr. Fletcher has the nerve to claim that “big business benefi ts most from the HST” is a false statement when the B.C. government (confi rmed by its hand-picked “independent” panel) have said that this is why they are introducing this unfair tax.

Th e BC Liberals have boasted that introducing the HST is equivalent to a 40% tax cut on business invest-ment.

Th e professional straw-makers, like Fletcher, tax-lawyer David Robertson and a small team of selected econo-mists are trying to make this a debate about HST versus PST. As highly-paid shills for big business they divert att ention from the government’s un-derlying agenda.

If the HST is passed, the amount of tax taken from the public will become so huge that no longer will there be any questions raised about dramati-cally reducing taxes on the friends of big business.

Maybe Clark will give away a per-centage point (or two) on the HST

for a while (or at least a promise of doing so) to try to win this vote but government will then be able to raise the rate anytime they want - until it rises to 20% as in many other coun-tries with this VAT-style tax.

Th is is the only chance B.C. taxpay-ers have to block this tax by tempo-rarily going back to the PST so that we can have a Fair Tax Commission examine the whole question of who pays and who gains from taxes and resource royalties.

Th e rich and powerful in capitalist economies have always successfully pushed a disproportionate share of taxes onto the general public, who as individuals, lack the power to directly infl uence government.

Dr. H. Spencer, Aldergrove

Senate ‘reform’ hypocrisy

Editor:With just two weeks gone

by since the recent election, Stephen Harper appoints one defeated Tory candi-date and reappoints two other defeated Conserva-tives to the Senate. Both had resigned their seats to run in the May 2 campaign.

Consider the words found in Harper’s statement to the press announcing these se-lections: “Our government will continue to push for a more democratic, account-able and eff ective Senate.”

What doublespeak. Maybe a question should

be asked of our recently-elected MP regarding his opinion on stacking the Senate with defeated Con-servative politicians.

But perhaps the answer can be found in the No-vember 16, 2007 Hansard in which Mark Warawa was recorded as saying “Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments that we have heard from the govern-ment House leader. I have also heard from my con-stituents that they are not happy with the Senate in its present form. Th ey are asking for changes. Th ey support what the govern-ment is proposing. Th ey do want to see an accountable Senate. Th ey would like to see senators elected, so the government’s plan is taking us in that direction.”

Hypocrisy abounds. Shane Dyson, Aldergrove

No more stoplights

Editor:While I sympathize with

the comments about the Fraser Highway and 256 Street intersection prob-lems, I must remind you that the name of the road in question is “highway”.

Th is is a misnomer, because due to all the stop lights on this stretch of road between 264th and the Bypass, this road should be called just that, a road, Fraser Road.

Th e speed limit on this ‘highway’ is 80 kph and I’ll be darned if you can actu-ally do it due to all the stop lights.

Stop with the stop lights. All they do is create carbon emissions while we wait for the light to change. Debbie Atkinson, Aldergrove

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Staff at the River Forecast Centre are watching computer simulations and the thermometer, trying to determine if the Fraser River will fl ood this year.

Th e Fraser basin overall has a snow-pack that is 115 per cent of normal, ac-cording to David Campbell, of the B.C.

River Forecast Centre. Th ose are snow conditions experienced one year in 10.

Th e snowpacks in the upper Fraser and Th ompson watersheds are the most signifi cant contributors to water fl ows in the Fraser Valley, and there the snowpack is not as high, about 105 to 110 per cent of normal.

Th e Mission/Harrison area has much more snow than normal, over 150 per cent. However, this area is the source of relatively litt le freshet overall, account-ing for only fi ve to eight per cent of the Fraser river fl ow.

“We’re modelling, and keeping an eye on weather conditions,” he said.

Th e Fraser basin is a large geographic area. For fl ooding to occur, there would have to be an extended period of hot weather aff ecting most of the province – for fi ve days or more, followed by a period of intense rainfall.

In 2007, there was a major fl ood threat in the region. Dikes protecting

Abbotsford and Mission were raised, and 160 soldiers with the 39 Canadian Brigade Group were stationed in Alder-grove, ready to assist.

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Water Main Flushing As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be fl ushing water mains in Fort Langley, Forest Knolls, Milner, Willowbrook, and Tall Timbers/Acadia until May 31.

As a result of this fl ushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water. However, this is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry, and you may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking.

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Mayor’s Drop-in ForumA series of community question and answer periods will be held where residents are encouraged to drop in, speak to the Mayor and members of Township Council, and discuss issues of concern in an informal environment.

The next drop-in forum will be held:

Date: Saturday, May 28Time: 9am - NoonPlace: Willoughby Community Hall 8280 - 208 Street

Mayor’s Offi ce 604.533.6000

Heritage Strategy: Input SoughtThe Township of Langley, under the guidance of the Heritage Advisory Committee, is developing a Heritage Strategy that will provide direction on heritage matters in the coming decade. As part of the public consultation process, several themed focus groups are being held to obtain input from residents.

We invite you to join us for the following group discussion:

Langley’s Rural Heritage: Tuesday, June 7, 2 - 5pmExplore a broad range of issues relating to our rural heritage sites, including how we can maintain their historic context, continue to ensure economic viability, and capitalize on tourism opportunities.

Please register in advance to be considered for participation.Further details will be provided on registration.

Teresa Kaszonyi Community Development 604.533.6091 [email protected]

Heritage Strategy: Survey OnlineThe Township of Langley is preparing a Heritage Strategy that will provide direction on heritage matters in the years to come. The goal of the Strategy is to provide a plan that will enhance the sustainability and long-term viability of heritage resources in the Township.

One aspect of the public consultation process is an online survey where Township residents can provide feedback on heritage-related concerns.

The Heritage Strategy Survey can be found at tol.ca/HeritageStrategySurvey.

Your views are important to us and we encourage you to participate.

Elaine Horricks Heritage Planning 604.534.3211

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Traffi c Calming Open House: 47 Avenue FrontingPeterson Road ElementaryThe Engineering Division will host a public open house to present information on the traffi c calming process and show traffi c calming design concepts for 47 Avenue fronting Peterson Road Elementary School. Residents will be asked to fi ll out a questionnaire that will help the Township of Langley develop a preferred design concept for traffi c calming measures in this area.

Date: Tuesday, May 31

Time: 5 - 8pm

Place: Peterson Road Elementary School Gymnasium 23422 - 47 Avenue

Property owners and residents are encouraged to attend the open house and have their say about the traffi c calming process.

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public noticeFood Scraps Now Included in Curbside Collection If you receive municipal garbage collection you can now put food scraps in with your yard trimmings (now called the Green Can). Please attach your new decal.

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HARRY HUNT PHOTOSAbove, Nancy Lam is this year’s winner of the Stephen Moore Memorial Award for mathematics at the Aldergrove Secondary scholarship presentations held last week. Top right, Alexa Seymour is this year’s winner of the Graham Leask Scholarship, presented by Leask, retired principal, and below right, Tam Nguyen is this year’s winner of the Philip Jackman Memorial Award at the Aldergrove Secondary schol-arship presentations held last week. It was presented by Keith Jackman, Philip’s great grandson.

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Th e fi rst week in June is Seniors Week and the Aldergrove Seniors Network is fi nalizing plans for our annual Spring Tea in honour of our Aldergrove seniors. Th e event will be held in the Aldergrove Kinsmen

Community Centre on Tuesday June 7 at 1 p.m. Th ere will be entertain-ment, door prizes and refreshments, including strawberry shortcake.

Th ere is no charge, but for catering purposes we would appreciate and thank you if you would phone the Kinsmen

Centre at 604-856-2899 and let us know if you plan to att end. Th is has always been a great aft er-noon and once again we are looking forward to seeing all our senior friends.

Our Craft Club is still very active. More blankets have been sent

to the Salvation Army. Socks, mitt s and blankets have also been donat-ed to Ishtar and Libra Women’s shelters, and dozens of knitt ed baby hats have been donated to the Langley Memorial Hospital.

On May 19 there will be a bus trip to Hope to

see the wood carvings. Call the Kinsmen Centre for more information.

Aldergrove Seniors Network meets on the fourth Monday of the month at 1 p.m., our dues are only $15, and we invite seniors to join us.

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HARRY HUNT PHOTOFrom left, Talliah Dyke, Taylor Kershaw and Danell Sullivan competed in Aldergrove Secondary’s annual “Aldy Idol” talent competition, held at noon break April 26-29.

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ANDREW BUCHOLTZ PHOTONo, it’s not the production that stinks, it’s the title of the Robert Munsch play that makes the Betty Gilbert Middle School students gag: “Smelly Socks.”


Students from Aldergrove’s Bett y Gilbert Middle School are hoping to share their theatrical talents with the public this coming week—and make a diff erence in their community while they’re at it.

On Th ursday and Friday, they’ll be performing Smelly Socks, based on the book by famed Canadian author Robert Munsch. Audience members are requested to bring canned or dry food donations that will go to families in need. Cash donations are also accepted.

Th e book is based on a storytell-ing session Munsch did in 1984 at the Hay River Reserve in the Northwest Territories. Only three children showed up, so Munsch made up a new story

about each. One girl named Tina Fabian had brightly coloured socks, so his story involved her loving her socks so much that she never wanted to take them off . Munsch kept adding to it over the years and eventually turned it into a book in 2003 aft er gett ing in touch with Tina again and gett ing photos of her as a child.

Christie Friesen, a Grade Eight teach-er at the school who’s helping put on the play, said Munsch’s story translates per-fectly into a middle-school play.

“It’s a story about a girl looking to fi nd something that represents her as she helps others in their time of need,” Friesen said.

Performances are at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 26 and 27 at the school, located at 26845 - 27 Ave.

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Th e Langley Players Drama Club won top honours at the Fraser Valley Zone Festival for their spring produc-tion of Lost In Yonkers.

Th e Festival, at which seven the-atre companies from around the Lower Mainland competed, was held at the Evergreen Th eatre in Coquitlam. Langley Players won six of the 13 awards, including Best Production, and will be representing the Fraser Valley Zone at the Th eatre B.C. Mainstage Festival in Kamloops this July.

“It’s a huge honour to represent Langley and the Fraser Valley at the pro-vincial competition. I’m tremendously proud of the whole team for their spirit and moxie. Kamloops here we come!” said Players president, Angela Bell.

Awards received included: Best

Production – Dave Williams producer; Best Director: Mary Renvall with assis-tant director, Raymond Hatt on; Best Actress: Sue Sparlin; Best Supporting Actress: Ashley Sutt on; Costume Design: Bunny Patt erson; Best Set Design: Mary Renvall.

“It is the thrill of a lifetime to have our production honoured in all these categories,” said the show’s director, Mary Renvall.

Producer Dave Williams, is now immersed in all the details of taking the show – cast, crew and set – to the Mainstage competition in Kamloops.

Following every production at the week-long Zone Festival, the adjudicator Andrew McIlroy gave a public critique of the play. Th is ensures the festival is a learning opportunity for actors, crew and patrons alike.

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Young professional opera singers Jeremy and Julie Ludwig return to Aldergrove to perform for their home town on Saturday, May 28 at the Aldergrove Canadian Reformed Church.

Th e married couple currently live in Toronto, where they are developing their performance careers. While Julie grew up in London, Ontario, Jeremy is a native of Abbotsford and is excit-ed to be back in the Fraser Valley to perform for his home crowd.

“Th is community has always been very supportive of my sing-ing, so it’s always a real treat to perform for them and show them what we’ve been up to,” says Jeremy.

Th eir last appearance in the area was a recital in Abbotsford in the spring of 2009.

Joining the singers is Vancouver-based pianist Kinza Tyrrell, who the couple know

from a number of opera training progams. Tyrrell is highly sought aft er as pianist and has collabo-rated with some of Canada’s most highly regarded singers, includ-ing a recent tour with renowned tenor Richard Margison.

Th e program for the evening is an interesting and eclectic mix of music of diff erent styles and genres. “Th ere should be some-thing for everyone,” says Jeremy. “We really wanted to create a program with a broad appeal.”

Th ey are calling the evening “From Bach to Broadway” and it will feature one of J.S. Bach’s sacred Cantatas performed in its entirety. Th e cantata, composed for soprano and baritone, com-pares the romantic relationship between a husband and wife to that of the Soul to God, follow-ing the Church’s traditional inter-pretation of texts like the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament.

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a set of arrangements by Harry T. Burleigh of popular African-American spirituals, including favourites like “Wade in the Water” and “Deep River”.

“It’s fascinating to see the diff erent responses to faith in such diff erent cultural contexts,” says Jeremy. “Here we have two completely diff erent musical tra-ditions, yet they are so closely linked by an equally profound spirituality. On the one hand, we have Bach’s music, which is

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“I started singing because I loved musical theatre, so I it’s great to have the chance to revisit this music again,” says Julie.

Th e performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on May 28 at the new Aldergrove Canadian Reformed Church. Tickets are $22/$17 in advance and $25/$20 at the door, available at:www.jeremyludwig.com/tickets

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Janet Cunningham describes it as an addiction.

It started at an early age when she won a few bucks at a local rodeo competition.

From that moment, she was hooked for life.

Competing in barrel racing — a rodeo event where a competitor and their horse att empt to com-plete a clover-leaf patt ern around preset barrels in the fastest time — Cunningham won $10 at a local rodeo.

“Back in the day, that was a lot of money,” she said with a laugh.

As she progressed in the sport, the prize money kept increasing, to the point that as a young teenager, she could “buy a whole new ward-robe” with the $50 prize money.

“You get to make a litt le bit of money and that is prett y enticing,” she explained about the allure of the sport.

Th e rodeo lifestyle was a given for Cunningham and her two sib-lings, who grew up on a farm in Kamloops.

Th eir father was a calf-roper — Cunningham said she gave the sport a try but lacked the co-ordi-nation — and she described their mother as “absolutely horse-crazy.”

Before she was even two years old, Cunningham was riding hors-es, and she owned her fi rst horse at age 8.

She worked her way from com-peting at junior and Litt le Britches Rodeo, then on to the high school circuit, the amateur rodeo associa-tion, and then fi nally professionally, with the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

Th e rodeo circuit takes Cunningham across western Canada, as well as parts of the United States.

Competing in about 40 events a year, Cunningham can be gone for six months at a time.

“Th ere is no down time; some-times the days are 14, 15, 16 hours long,” said the 49-year-old.

“You really have to sacrifi ce a lot to get to the level we go at.”

While her kids — a son and daughter — are all grown up now, growing up made for some tough times for the family.

Sometimes both kids would att end with their mother, while other times, Cunningham’s daugh-ter would travel with her to a com-petition, while her son would stay home and take care of the family

farm. But regardless, Cunningham

— who also works as a lott ery representative for the B.C. Lott ery Corporation — can’t imagine doing anything else.

“I keep threatening to quit, and it doesn’t work out that way, I am still going,” she said.

“I think rodeoing is just a litt le bit of an addiction and it is very hard to give up.

“And if you were to ask any other competitor, they would tell you the same thing.”

Cunningham loves the rush of excitement that takes over her body in the minutes leading up to a com-petition.

“Th e two minutes before you get to go out there and make your run, I swear that is what I do it for, the adrenalin rush before you get to go,” she explained. “Th e rest of it is a lot of work and a lot of sacrifi ce, but those two minutes where you get to make your run, the world is just perfect.

“It is a complete adrenalin rush.” Despite the sacrifi ces and

injuries — a broken cheekbone, cracked sternum, crushed leg and a knee which made her leg “the size of an elephant” and a couple of concussions — Cunningham just shrugs those off .

“Nothing that would make you quit,” she explained.

Th is year marked her 25th appearance at the Cloverdale Rodeo but fi rst since it turned into an invitational event in 2008.

Cunningham, an Aldergrove resident for the past four years, loves the fact she is competing prett y much in her own backyard. Especially since it means she and her Zipper, her running quarter-horse, get to sleep in their own beds at night.

She has tasted success at this event before.

“It’s top-loaded with those really good people,” she said. “I’ve always done really well at Cloverdale, I’ve won a ton of money out of there, but I didn’t have my name in the top fi ve, so I didn’t get invited until this year.”

Someone backed out and Cunningham got the invite to att end and she didn’t give it a sec-ond thought.

She said with the level of talent coming to Cloverdale, it’s impor-tant to have the right mindset.

“When you get to this level, it’s prett y well all psychological,” she said. “You approach it the same way as you do any other rodeo, you don’t change the game plan – what’s been successful in the past – you don’t change the game plan just because there’s more money added.”

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Bill Lawless photographyAldergrove’s Janet Cunningham, at a rodeo competition a few years ago, is among the local competitors at the Cloverdale Rodeo. Cunningham and her horse Zipper love competing at the Cloverdale Rodeo as it allows them to sleep in their own beds at home in Aldergrove.

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UFV Cascades to run summer athletic camps Aldergrove Star

Th e University of the Fraser Valley Cascades Athletic Department will be running several sport specifi c summer camps in July and August for val-ley area students.

Th e Cascades camps include: • Boys Basketball, August 15 to 19 at Envision

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HARRY HUNT PHOTOSemiahmoo’s grade 8 rugby boys take down Betty Gilbert school’s Quinn McKitrick in the May 17 game at Aldergrove. The visitors won this game 38-28.

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Gymnasts record great results at VictoriaAldergrove Star

On the May 13-15 weekend, Twist-ers’ Women’s Competitive Team at-tained great results at the Garden City Gymnastics Invitational in Victoria.

Ashlynn Skulstad of Mission com-peted for the fi rst time in the National Open Category and tied for Gold All Around. She won Silver on vault, and Beam and Gold on Floor.

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• Provincial 4 Novice CategoryAshley Perry of Abbotsford won

gold on beam .Justine Robinson of Mission won

Bronze on Vault, and silver on beam. • Provincial 4 Tyro CategoryJessica Gibson of Chilliwack tied

for Silver on Beam. • Provincial 3 TyroVanessa Dueck of Yarrow won Gold

on Floor. • Provincial 3 Argo CategoryTamara Skulstad of Mission won

Silver All around and silver on beam, silver on fl oor.

Ella Palmer of Chilliwack won bronze on fl oor.

• Provincial 2 Novice CategoryLexi Gaspar of Mission won Bronze

all around, and bronze on beam. • Provincial 1 Argo 2003 categoryBrienna Gaspar of Mission won sil-

ver on bars. • Provincial 1 Argo 2001 categoryPaula Melger-Iida of Aldergrove

won gold on fl oor. For full results see: htt p://gym-score-

depot.ca/Garden_City_2011/

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Abbotsford’s own fl at track roller derby team, the Reign Valley Vixens journeyed to Prince George to batt le the PG Roller girls on May 14. Aft er a well-fought game, PG came out on top with 105 points to 99 for the Vixens.

On May 28 the Vixens take on both Edmonton’s Oil City Tanker Girls and Th e Sunshine Coast Roller Girls

in a double-header at MSA arena in Abbotsford.

Recently, nine year-old Jinaya Towson announced to her mother that she was going to shave her head. When asked why, she simply said: “for cancer”.

Jinaya’s mother, Vikki Towson (also known as Deathtrap Diva of the Reign Valley Vixens Women’s’ Roller Derby League), was taken aback, but

incredibly proud of her daughter. She will be collecting donations

until May 28, when the amount raised will be announced during the Batt le for Boobs, a roller derby event promoting breast cancer awareness. Fans can meet Jinaya in the lobby of the MSA arena before the game, which starts at 6 p.m.

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An Aldergrove baseball team won the bantam A division of the Ross Tournament in Newton’s Unwin Park over the May Day long weekend.

Th e Aldergrove Dodgers claimed the gold medal 9-3 in the fi nals Monday against the Newton Cubs. Th e two teams had played their fi rst games of the tournament against each other on Friday, with Aldergrove winning 10-8.

On Saturday, the Dodgers recorded a 9-7 loss against the Ridge Silverhawks, and were then

slated to take on a Vancouver squad for a semi-fi nal spot on Sunday aft ernoon. Vancouver forfeited due to not enough players, giving Aldergrove an automatic spot in the semi-fi nals.

Th e Dodgers then took on their hometown rivals, the Aldergrove Yankees, in the semi-fi nal match Sunday night. Th e hard-fought defensive batt le – with powerful pitching and strong fi elding from both sides – ended in a 2-1 victory for the Dodgers.

Th e two Aldergrove squads were the only ones from Langley in the

Ross Tournament, which included teams from as far away as Prince George and Kamloops. Besides bantam, the competing divisions were Midget AA and Tadpole.

Th e winning team consisted of: Clayton Churchill, Cale Clements, Nathan Dahl, Dakota Eaves, Daniel Fontaine-Trimble, Bethany Hitchman, Colin Hopes, Colin Jamieson, Josh Poirier, Debora Ross, Sam Sedun and Mitchell Taylor.

Th ey were coached by Don Fisher, Carl Jamieson and Darren Hopes.

Artful Dodgers take the Gold Medal

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Aldergrove Dodgers, front row (from left): Colin Jamieson, Nathan Dahl, Colin Hopes, Clayton Churchill, Mitchell Taylor and Dakota Eaves. Back row (from left): assistant coach Carl Jamieson, Cale Clements, Debora Ross, Josh Poirier, Sam Sedun, Daniel Fontaine-Trimble, Bethany Hitchman, manager Darren Hopes, and head coach Don Fisher.

her hair cut by a roller girl during the fi rst half time break at MSA arena.

Along with Jinaya’s eff orts, the Vixens are donating the proceeds from the sale of special one-of-a-kind game shirts and custom-made helmet covers that evening.

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