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Record year for eaglesMiranda Miller The Observer

The Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival (FVBEF) is a world-renowned event, famous for North America’s largest gathering of bald eagles.

“There are already at least 2,500 eagles here right now, and more just keep coming. This is a record number for this early on,” says David Hancock, biologist, eagle expert, and founder of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation.

Hancock has been studying these impressive raptors for the past 60

years, and in 2010 he counted 7,362 bald eagles in a two-kilometre section of the Harrison River. Over the years, the number of eagles that gather continues to increase.

As northern weather gets colder, the eagles fly south, drawn to salmon in the Chehalis and Harrison River estuary.

This year’s fall drought had people wondering if the eagles would still

come, as the river beds were almost dry, and the salmon were holding out, but true to B.C. form, the rain came. After four days of precipitation, the river beds were flooded, and in came the salmon – and the eagles.

The festival started in 1995 with a collaboration of the

Habitat Conservation Trust Fund and the Wild Bird Trust. Thanks to help from many volunteers,

First Nations Peoples and new partnerships, the festival has grown, becoming a popular event.

The FVBEF is a registered charity, focused on celebrating and showcasing the biodiversity in the Fraser River valley. It is centred on the eagle gatherings and the salmon run.

This week, the FVBEF released a rehabilitated eagle back into the wild, returning it to the same location it was found, near the Sandpiper viewing location. The eagle was

Annual number of returning birds continues to rise

Kim Charlie (left) of Chehalis First Nation reacts as she helps Rob Hope (right) of Orphaned Wildlife (OWL) Rehabilitation Society release a female juvenile eagle at Sandpiper Golf Resort. The young bird was about a year old when she was found by a group of Chehalis fishermen a year ago along the Harrison Slough. The eagle release was the kickoff for this weekend’s Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival.

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Warning......to all Harrison Homeowners living on Miami River Dr., Naismith, Driftwood, Cottonwood, Balsam, Chestnut, AngusEstates, Alder, Emerald & other R1 streets(+/- 416 homes)You currently enjoy the low density of a single-family, R1 zoning. The proposed zoning bylaw #1020 will allow a basement/rental suite to be added to every home on your street, thus doubling the density & traffic. It will change your pleasant & secure neighbourhood from owner-occupied, single family homes to “affordable” rental properties. There are over 100 other properties in Harrison which are suitably zoned (R2) for multi-family, so there is no shortage of such opportunities. If you want to protect your home, investment & neighbourhood, you must protest this change in writing to the Village Council by 4 pm Monday, November 19th or you can speak against the bylaw at the public hearing scheduled for 7 pm that day. The new densifying bylaw could be adopted next week. Copies of the bylaw are available at the Village Office.

(Published by a very concerned Harrison homeowner.)

The 2012 Festival of Christmas TreesHosted by the Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce & Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa

Open to families, businesses, schools– any group interested in celebrating the holiday season!

THIS YEAR:• Registration is $25 – all of which will go directly to Agassiz

Harrison Community Services - Food Bank. • Please provide your own arti� cial tree & creative decorations• Toys & canned, packaged, non perishable food products are

welcomed for donation to Agassiz Harrison Community Services on tree decorating day.

• Decorating is from 1 PM to 5 PM on Wednesday, November 21st • 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Cheese & Wine reception for tree decorators,

hosted by Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa• Trees will be on display through January 6th, 2013. Trees &

decorations are to be removed the morning of January 7th.

Judging will be done by the Spirit of the Holidays Committee & each registered participant is eligible to win. The Harrison Agassiz Chamber of Commerce & Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa are are not responsible for the decorations/tree ornaments.

Contact Chris Franklin at the Agassiz Harrison Hope Observer of� ce in Agassiz. Registration must be made by November 19th.

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To everyone who participated & helped make our 10th Annual Quilt Show a success...

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Fraser river safari - Joan Kowalenko

sasquatch certificate - Kitty Niironen

kilby restaurant certificate - Grace Landrath

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Fraser Valley families can count on development centre for special needs

Connecting parents with the support they need

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about the resources available to parents with young children that live within the Fraser Cascade area.

Darla Dickinson For The obserVer

Imagine a young family is having their first child – perfect pregnancy, routine labour.

When the child is finally released from the hospital at 11 months of age it is with the instruction to love him as much as you can because he will only live for a short time. For the next three years he is on oxygen, tube feeding, palliative care and nursing support.

Finally, after years of genetic testing the parents are given the diagnosis of a rare condition. Throughout this time, Bernice, and her team at the Infant Development

Program, worked with the child and the parents.

From extreme cases, to standard infant development, the question and uncertainties about a child’s milestones can weigh heavy on a parent’s mind.

‘Why isn’t she crawling yet?’ or ‘why aren’t they talking yet?’ There are so many questions, guidelines and suggested milestones, it is challenging to know if your child is meeting them all, and which ones you should focus on.

“The services that we provide from the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre are sometimes seen as a lifeline for parents, we provide them with not just the resources, but the emotional support and hope that their child will grow and develop and learn new skills. Sometimes the children just need added support,” says Bernice Korzenoski, an Infant Development Consultant with the Infant Development Program.

The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre provides services for any children from birth to school age whose parents may have a concern about them meeting their developmental needs. The family knows their child best and spends the majority of time interacting and caring for their children; this is why the consultant and therapists provide suggestions that can

be followed through in the home setting. The team follows the lead of the families and work on goals that the family identifies. The team can provide a wide range of services.

The Infant Development Program is in-home support providing assessment, education and resources in regards to the overall development of the child, as well as coordinating other services.

Speech and language, with Hilary Scott, assess to see where the child is at, and provide them with resources and suggestions to further communication skills.

Occupational therapy, with Claire Feltham,

assesses the child in regards to with fine motor, self-help skills and toileting.

Physiotherapist Kim Cox can assess the child in regards to their gross motor skills (sitting, crawling, walking and overall mobility). She also can provide resources and suggestions to assist parents and their children.

Key worker and Family Support Programs, through Bozena Baranowski, work with families whose children have been exposed to drugs or alcohol. They provide in-home support and/or educational support groups, and assist the parents or caregivers with accessing funding for equipment or services.

Finally, Supported Child Development is a service offered with FVCDC’s community partner, Seabird Island, to provide support

to children who are attending day care or preschool who need extra help, whether it be communication, mobility or any other barrier.

“Every day that I go to work I know that it is going to look a little bit different, but it is always so interesting to see how children respond and follow their own course of development. It is very rewarding to see the progress that a child will make from day to day and month to month, and how quickly they pick up on things once they are provided with added resources. The children have the ability – our resources just help them to connect the dots,” says Korzenoski, who has been in the industry for 23 years. “We work as a team so the families are not overwhelmed and are provided with the right services at the right time.”

In the case of the young boy diagnosed with a rare condition, she says “they received all the services that our centre could provide and we worked with him all the way into school entry. Today, he is going to school full time, is walking, communicating, and he is just the loveliest little guy – he is so happy and the parents are so proud of him.”

Parents can refer themselves to the program, if parents feel they need help, they can call Bernice at 604 824 8760 ext 222.

For more information about the program and services visit www.fvcdc.org. Infant Development Programs are offered in the communities of Hope, Agassiz, Boston Bar, Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission.

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Bernice Korzenoski is an infant development consultant with the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre.

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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs will hold a Public Hearing, pursuant to Section 890 of the Local Government Act of British Columbia, as noted above, on the following items.

1. ZONING BYLAW NO. 1020, 2012

Location: The Municipality of the Village of Harrison Hot SpringsPurpose: The bylaw proposes the enactment of a new Zoning Bylaw for

the municipality of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs and the repeal of Zoning Bylaw No. 672, 1996.

The document is available for review on the Village Office website at www.harrisonhotsprings.ca or at the Village Office located at 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, during business hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

Persons who deem that their interest in property is affected by the proposed zoning bylaw will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, or if you are unable to attend, you may send your written submission to the Village Office, PO Box 160, Harrison Hot Springs, BC VOM 1KO no later than 4:00 p.m. November 19, 2012. All submissions will form part of the record of the Public Hearing.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from November 5, 2012 to November 19, 2012,

inclusive, in the Village Office, 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, BC. Please direct your enquiries to the Manager of Planning and Community Services 604-796-2171.

Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Debra KeyCorporate Officer

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs will hold a Public Hearing, pursuant to Section 890 of the Local Government Act of British Columbia, as noted above, on the following items.

1. ZONING BYLAW NO. 1020, 2012

Location: The Municipality of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs Purpose: The bylaw proposes the enactment of a new Zoning Bylaw for the

municipality of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs and the repeal of Zoning Bylaw No. 672, 1996.

The document is available for review on the Village Office website at www.harrisonhotsprings.ca or at the Village Office located at 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, during business hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

Village of Harrison Hot Springs NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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Police uncover 130 marijuana plants in homeGrow op taken down in Harrison

Agassiz RCMP searched a Harrison Hot Springs home last Wednesday, and uncovered a marijuana grow operation.

They were executing a war-rant in a house on Hot Springs Road, on Nov. 7, and found 130

plants. One man was arrested and charges are being sought, said RCMP.

And on Thursday last week, Agassiz RCMP received a report that mail had been stolen from mailboxes in Harrison Mills.

This is the second reported inci-dent in two weeks.

Canada Post will be contact-ing all people who are affected by the theft, and RCMP are ask-ing that all suspicious activity is reported to them.

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RCMP arrive at a house on Hot Springs Road to execute a warrant. They found 130 marijuana plants in the home.JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER

The Kent Harrison Search and Rescue team was called into service twice this weekend.

On Saturday at about 10:30 p.m., they were called out to help find a missing hiker near Williamson Lake in the Chilliwack River Valley.

Most of the members of Chilliwack SAR were at another event, so Kent Harrison was asked to respond.

They were told that two

hikers had discovered an empty tent and gear near the Williamson Lake trailhead. On their return later that day the tent was still there. Because they felt that the owner of the tent may have become lost or injured, they called RCMP once they returned home.

Four SAR volunteers from Chilliwack were assisted by eight members of

Kent Harrison SAR. Command was staged at Foley Lake at midnight. Teams reached the trailhead in the early hours of Sunday morning, but could not locate the tent. RCMP and SAR agreed to hold off the search until they could investigate by helicopter at daylight.

It turned out that the potentially-missing person had left the area, and SAR volunteers got

home at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning. In total, the search required 84 searcher hours.

And on Monday, the SAR team was paged to help RCMP access a casualty near hydro lines about Kamp Road, at the north end of Seabird Island.

However, the casualty died while SAR was en route. They used a rope system to evacuate the deceased.

Local SAR volunteers assist in Chilliwack River search

taken care of by the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (O.W.L.) in Delta.

The festival attracts tourists from all over the globe. There are many activities, from river walking tours, jet boat eco-river tours, to presentations from experts, and workshops and displays.

The festival kicks off Nov. 17 and 18 with the main event, featuring a host of conservation booths, exhibits, and spotting scopes. The Hancock Wildlife Foundation will also be present, showing live video of the eagles to the crowd.

Harrison Hot Springs, Harrison Mills, and Fraser River Safari jet boats will be hosting festival events and speakers, including Hancock.

Hancock stresses, “You cannot see the eagles from Harrison Hot Springs. There has been some confusion about this.”

There are three sites to view the eagles – Tapadera Estates on Nov. 17 and 18 only, Pretty Estates Resort (Sandpiper), and Eagle Point Community Park.

The festival has received donations and sponsorships, making it affordable, and most of the attractions are free. Tickets are required for certain

workshops and presentations. The festival runs to December,

but there are year-round viewing opportunities. The tours run until the eagles leave the area.

“We have the biggest collection of eagles, right here in our own backyard,” says Hancock, encouraging people to check out the festival.

“This event raises awareness to the importance of good river systems. People come from all over, it is a great site, and we have great places to stay and eat during the festival,” he noted.

For more information on the festival, visit fraservalleybaldeaglefestival.ca.

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Age-Friendly Planning Community Café

This is an opportunity for seniors, those who care for seniors or those that identify as an older adult to participate in a lunch meeting to discuss the District of Kent’s Age-Friendly Plan with the Planning Committee; review the survey results; and to learn more about the District becoming an Age-Friendly community.

December 5th from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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Ruling leaves human rights complaint to be heard

B.C. court unplugs smart meter appealJeff NagelBlack PRess

Opponents of B.C. Hydro’s smart meters have lost a legal challenge against the nearly complete province-wide installation of the wireless devices.

The B.C. Court of Appeal refused to con-sider an appeal by Andrea Collins and Citi-zens for Safe Technology (CST) in a written ruling released Nov. 13.

The smart meter opposition group had hoped to halt the ongoing rollout by get-ting the court to rule that the program did not have a required certificate from the B.C. Utilities Commission and that the province’s exemption from that require-ment wasn’t legal.

The utilities commission had previously rejected the claims but Collins and CST tried appealing it to B.C.’s top court.

The court found no substantive grounds to hear a full appeal.

The defeat leaves smart meter opponents hoping the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will uphold their complaint – to be heard in the new year – that the mandatory installation of wireless meters discriminates against res-idents who claim to suffer from electromag-netic hypersensitivity.

“Hopefully the human rights tribunal will recognize B.C. Hydro is coming between patients and their doctors and recognize that electro-sensitivity is a growing concern around the world,” said Victoria smart me-ter activist Sharon Noble.

Hydro contractors have already installed more than 95 per cent of the 1.7 million new

smart meters in virtually all of B.C. except the Gulf Islands.

But Noble said she believes there are still many holdouts and added the opposition won’t give up – even if B.C.’s smart grid is completed.

“Just because it’s in doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “This is a major problem. It’s not going to go away just because Hydro has fin-ished their installation.”

Noble said she and many other opponents will go off the grid before they accept smart meters in their homes and said they will keep fighting for Hydro customers to have the option to have a wired meter instead.

New legal challenges are possible, she added.

Hydro maintains its wireless smart meter network is safe and public health authorities in B.C. have said they have no concerns.

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A series of public information meetings is being held over the next two weeks, regarding the Kinder Morgan expansions in the area.

One of those meetings will be held in Hope, on Nov. 28 at

C.E. Barry Intermediate School. The drop in meeting will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Other meetings are being held in Abbotsford (Nov. 17 and 29), Langley (Nov. 22) and Chilliwack (Nov. 27).

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Clockwise from top:The Harrison Highlanders led the Remembrance Day parade in Agassiz. Harrison Hot Springs Fire Chief Don Labossiere lays a wreath at the Agassiz cenotaph, along with Popkum Fire Chief Rick Herfst and Agassiz Fire Chief Wayne Dyer. Members of the Agassiz Legion (centre) watch as the Knights of Columbus lay a wreath. Terry Miller and members of the public lay wreaths on the wall at the cenotaph following the official ceremonies. For more photos, visit us on Facebook.


VICTORIA – Before the 1,200-page, $25-million Cohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery slips beneath the waves, allow me to dip my toe into the river of data that has flowed by in the past three years.

If your information on this hugely complex subject consisted of skimming a few news stories or watching protesters on TV, you will likely conclude what urban people have been indoctrinated with for years. The whole issue is salmon farms and whether they are bad or catastrophic.

“Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migration route: Cohen” said the headline on a Black Press report. Those who read past the headline would learn that Justice

Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group near Campbell River until 2020. It’s up to the industry to show by that time that the risk is “minimal,” or farms there should be shut down.

A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms are in that area. There are no current applications for more.

Let’s say you decide to plunge in, and download the full report from www.cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that show sockeye runs from rivers other than the Fraser, from Washington all the way up to Alaska.

It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s Alsek, most runs show a decline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.

This includes runs that migrate

down the west side of Vancouver Island, away from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow farms, preferring “ranching” – a strategy that floods the ocean habitat with millions of hatchery

fish. These are commercially fished and marketed as “wild.”

B.C.’s North Coast has never had salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an NDP-controlled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end

to open-pen salmon farms in five years. Then-agriculture minister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommendation, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.

This was after the Pacific Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fisheries minister John Fraser.

Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.

How about logging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved significantly during the time of observed sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldn’t be evaluated.

Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen

didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions.

During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.

Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.

Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.

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

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Zoos are an archaic practice

Another exotic creature has died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove.

Jafari, a 12-year-old male giraffe, was found dead inside its barn on Nov. 3.

It is the third giraffe to perish at the zoo, after Jafari’s mate Eleah, 23, and their male offspring, Amryn, 4, died last year.

It’s not yet known what caused Jafari’s death, although initial necropsy results seem to rule out low body fat and cold temperatures, as some initially thought. The investigation continues.

In each instance of the giraffes’ demise, public reaction has included sadness, concern, and in some cases, harsh criticism of the facility, which has had a disturbing string of deaths among its animal inhabitants over the past several years, including a hippo and four zebras.

Negligence was not found to have been a factor in the deaths of the creatures.

However, the fact of the matter is that exotic creatures found only in climates and countries vastly different than what exists here, are being imprisoned for the entertainment and “education” of people.

It is an archaic practice that must come to an end.Species such as elephants, giraffes and big jungle cats are intended to

roam across vast expanses of terrain.Education can no longer be used as an excuse to put them inside

enclosures and cages, where they languish – and are ogled by people – until they die.

Neither is it justification to say they were born in captivity. As long as zoos allow the animals to breed, the cycle will never end.

The point is that wild animals don’t belong in zoos. Period.-Abbotsford News

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Re: Salmon mystery far from solved (B.C. Views, Nov. 14).

Discussing the Cohen Commission report on the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon runs, Tom Fletcher writes, "Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn't get around to that." This is inaccurate.

In volume two, chapter two, page 35, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen states: "I am also concerned that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) does not estimate illegal or unauthorized catch to use in its management of the fishery. This information could be helpful to fisheries managers in a variety of ways – for example, in directing enforcement activities, allocating fishing access, and providing post-season accounting of returns."

Justice Cohen goes on to say: "I accept the evidence of those witnesses who said that conservation is best served by proactively preventing fish from

being taken illegally from the water. Preventing the illegal taking of fish will likely involve a combination of community education and stewardship and on-the-ground enforcement activities.

"Effective catch monitoring of all sectors is an important component of this plan, as

is the realistic allocation and identification of food, social and ceremonial fish to Aboriginal groups. I do not want to suggest that after-the-fact investigations are not also important; they are. Indeed, enforcement activities aimed at illegal sales may provide an effective deterrent to taking fish illegally out of the water."

On page 54 of the same volume: "In my view, preventing the illegal taking of fish should be the priority consideration when DFO is faced with focusing its resource expenditure within any of the three pillars."

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In response to the letter "Dogs deserve a place to play," posted in Mailbag Nov. 9, 2012

It was so appreciated to see that a resident of Agassiz is willing to give a voice to the dogs in Agassiz. My husband and I both totally agree that there is a huge need for a proper "Dog Park" in Agassiz.

The proposed idea that Andra sets out in her letter makes sense. We are part of a large group of dogwalkers that have been meeting every day for over two and a half years to exercise, train and socialize our dogs. We also pay a fee to license our dog. A fenced dog park would make it so much safer for our pets to play.

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RFP #2012 - 23The District of Kent (District) is seeking to retain the professional services of a Qualified Planning Consultant (Consultant) to review and update the District’s Official Community Plan.

In accordance with the District of Kent Purchasing Policy FIN 2008-01, local bidders will receive preference where services are equal but the cost does not exceed 5 percent.

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This is not a tender and the District reserves the right to reject any or all RFP’s, to waive defects in any submitted documents, and to accept any offer which it may consider to be in the best interest of the District. Any proposal, bid or quotation will not necessarily be accepted, and the District is not responsible for any costs incurred by the Consultant.

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Visiting husband’s hometown reveals a bit of the past

Oppenheim: A place to rememberOppenheim is the

city where the Alten-dorf family lived for many years, where my husband and eight of his siblings grew up.

As one can imagine, I heard many stories about it over time. I was even there once, but then, it was too short a visit to give credit to this charm-ing tudor city. Then it was raining, and off season and many places were closed. This time it was dif-ferent. It was a beauti-ful September day, the city was in a very wel-coming mood and we stayed over night

Approaching Op-penheim, we drove through a long stretch of vineyards which produce some of the best wines the area is known for when, quite suddenly, we were there. Built on and around a low mountain, Oppen-

heim is dominated by the imposing Kath-arinen Kirche, known for its beautiful archi-tecture, the Rosenfen-ster (window of roses) and the fact that Al-bert Schweizer some-times came to visit in the past, to play the organ.

At one time, so it is told in the Town Guide, the city of Op-penheim was in ri-valry with the city of Frankfurt. History, however, directed the two cities in differ-ent directions: one (Frankfurt) was des-tined to become a me-tropolis for banking and business, the oth-er (Oppenheim) rep-resenting history for the world to discover.

It was lunch time when we arrived and we looked for a place to eat. It did not take us long to find Hilbig, a place I heard of many times: my father-in-

law, a lawyer, notary and city councillor for many years, liked to end his working days – so I was told – with friends and colleagues there over a glass of shorle, a mixture of wine and mineral water. Quite often, though, he was un-aware of the time and one of the sons was sent to remind him that dinner was ready.

“I cannot believe,” Klaus marveled, “that I am sitting at the same table my father sat at more than 60 years ago!” Hilbig has a different owner now, but the food was ex-cellent and the service attentive and friendly.

After lunch, we went to join one of the guided tours of the Katharinen Kirche and took a look at the Bone Houses, where hundreds of bones

and skeletons are stored - a reminder of troubled times during the middle ages. We were tempted to also walk up to the ruins of the castle Land-skron which has a lengthy history of its own and underwent many changes during its lifetime.

However, we did not want to miss the guided tour of the Underground Laby-rinth for which we had tickets. This un-derground world of Oppenheim has only been discovered in the year 1926 when a car broke through the surface of one of the roads above.

Looking into it, the astonished burgers of Oppenheim discov-ered a labyrinth of rooms, stairs and hall-ways, even a garbage storage room reach-ing all the way to the Rhine River! Only 420 square metres are, as of now, open to the public but, potentially 6000 square metres are waiting to be un-covered.

“In the olden days,” our charming guide explained, “whoever owned an under-ground waterline was considered rich!”

There is little doubt that this was the case here and that this un-derground world en-abled the people of those days to store supplies, food and, of course, wine. It was also, she continued, a place where the sol-diers could hide after a day of fighting, have their meals, meetings and parties!

After returning our hardhats, we went to see daylight again. The historic Market Place was our next destination, here we had coffee and ice cream, listening to the – surprisingly good – town orchestra. Some people, including our own Renate, were even enticed to dance! Later, we went back to Hilbig’s again for a well deserved late dinner.

The world is full of surprises and Oppen-heim was a big one! I am very glad that we went to this medieval jewel which stands there as a living sam-ple of a long gone era, for us to see and expe-rience!

Note: This is the last story about my trip - next week it will be “Harrison Happen-ings” again!

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pull people togetherA Multiculturalism

Celebration is being planned for next week in Agassiz, and the entire community is invited.

The provincial govern-ment first proclaimed Multiculturalism Week in 1993 to recognize and celebrate the contribu-tions of the diverse cul-tural heritage of British Columbia. Today, Multi-culturalism Week is cel-ebrated during the third week of November across the province in different communities. In 2012, Multiculturalism Week will be November 18 to 25 inclusive.

CALL (Community Access to Literacy and Learning) Agassiz-Harri-son already has a settle-ment assistance program for immigrants, which includes tutor-learner matches, a Conversa-tion Circle at the library, and a Citizenship class at Agassiz-Harrison Com-munity Services. How-ever, they feel they don’t have participation from all cultures in town.

Because of that gap, they felt they needed to have a more inclusive event that caters to a wid-er variety of ethnic back-grounds, whether born elsewhere or in Canada.

They will be celebrating Multiculturalism Week with a family-friendly potluck dinner at Friend-ship House on Thursday, Nov. 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone in the community is invited to come. Bring a traditional

dish from your culture to share, and feel free to wear traditional clothing.

“Hopefully, this will turn into an annual event that the community can embrace and build on in years to come, an event that shows us what a truly

amazing group of people we have living here, and a chance to meet our neighbours,” said Debbie Lamberger.

If you would like to join in the fun, there are some other areas in which people can participate,

including set-up, music, dance, art, crafts, games, storytelling, displays/ pre-sentations and clean up.

If anyone is interested in volunteering their tal-ents, or showcasing their culture in any way Debbie at 604-796-2585.

Community

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Author teaches ‘hot soup’ analogy to dealing with life’s stressors

Cool down with stress management seminarFeel more relaxed, peaceful, en-

ergized and confident with power-ful stress management solutions mastered at a seminar entitled, Cooling Down The Stress Soup, coming to Hope on Nov. 20.

The seminar will be conducted by author and international speak-er Cameron Johnston, Stress Fit-ness Coach from the Silver Hills Lifestyle Centre in the Okanagan. The seminar will be held in the Fireside Room Hope Seventh-Day

Adventist Church. Call 604-869-3667.

“Stress is a normal and enjoy-able part of life,” says Johnston. “But unresolved, prolonged stress can become a killer. The latest re-search indicates that stress is a cat-alyst in many of the most dramatic killers of our day including heart disease and cancer.”

Using the analogy of cooling down hot soup, seminar partici-pants learn how to cool down the

negative effects of stress by con-trolling the stress response, thin-ning the soup with relaxation, stirring the soup with adequate physical activity and playing with the soup with a good sense of humor. Participants will become aware of any poisons in the soup like deep-seated stressors and learn how to resolve them.

The seminar is free but you must pre-register by calling 604-869-3667. Everyone is welcome.

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50 Years Ago, 1962• A special committee

to work for flood control measures on the Fraser River was appointed by the executive of Fraser Valley Conservative Association at a meeting in Chilliwack. President John, Green, Agassiz,

and first vice president Peter Pirie, Chilliwack are representatives on the committee.

• Hopes for progress with the road to Haig this year were dashed by highways minister P. Gaglardi in a letter read at the meeting of

the Agassiz-Harrison Chamber of Commerce. The minister stated it was unlikely the road would appear in next year's projects.

• Harrison fire chief Jack Link lost his ladder during the recent storm. He was up on the roof at the

community hall repairing shingles when his ladder blew down. Mr. Link may be recommending that the fire department be equipped with a parachute.

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GROUP 1 OF 4Agassiz Al-Anon. Is someone’s drinking affecting you? FMI call Shirley 604-796-9865 or Anne 604-793-3103

“Agassiz Comforters” get together at 9 am every Thurs. morning at the United Church. FMI call 604-796-2680

Agassiz Elks Lounge – 1824 #9 Hwy, open daily 3pm till closing. Everyone welcome

Agassiz Harrison Family Place. 7272 Morrow Road. Meet friends, old and new! Parents/caregivers with their children 0-6 are welcome. Mon, Wed and Thurs, 9:30am-12pm. Call Willena or Louisa 604-796-0313

Agassiz-Harrison Garden Club meets the second Wed of each month from Oct-July in the foyer of the Ag Hall at 7:30pm. FMI 604-796-3291 or 604-796-2423

Agassiz-Harrison Lions meet at 7 pm on the 4th Wed of the month at the Lion’s Den in the Ag-Rec Hall, 6800 Pioneer Ave. FMI call Mel at 604-795-0598 or Joey at 604-796-9951

Agassiz-Harrison Senior Peer Counsellors Senior Peer Support Drop in 3rd Mon of each month, 2 pm in the Cheam Village conference room (upstairs). FMI call Betty Rajotte at 604-796-0409

Agassiz Kids At The Cross – Thursdays at the Ag Recreation Centre in Agassiz. FMI call Ettie 604-819-6822

Cheam Village Books for Residence Library. Looking for spare books to stock our Library. To donate please drop off at Cheam Village.

Hope Christian Women’s Club Brunch - Free nursery by reservation as well. For Info & reservations call Raye 604-869-5420

Agassiz United Church Christmas Tea, Bazaar 7 Bake Sale -

Sat., Nov. 24th from 1:30 - 3 pm. Entrance by donation.

Reading – Unbound! Learn how to use your eReader, iPhone,

SmartPhone, iPad or tablet to access books NOT on paper. Book

an appointment to learn how to access the library’s collection of

free digital books. 604-796-9510

Hooked on Books: Agassiz - Harrison Library Book Club.

Prepare for a great discussion on 2009 Booker Prize winner

“Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel. We’re meeting to discuss this

compelling look at the intrigue of Tudor England on Wed., Nov.

28th at 6:30 pm at the Agassiz Library. Pick up your book now!

The talk is lively, the people friendly & the refreshments - free!

Come on by, pick up your copy & be part of this drop-in, no-

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Nature exposed at Harrison photo weekend

Tourism Harrison and the Harri-son Resort and Spa have combined to sponsor a Photo Weekend in Har-rison Hot Springs.

The public is invited to attend a number of free events including this year’s Nature Exposed Photo Exhi-bition, where nine local photogra-phers will be presenting their work in the Canada Room of the Harrison Resort and Spa, on Nov. 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The theme of our show will be wildlife with an emphasis on bald eagles but as our exhibitors are all from the Upper Fraser Valley I ex-pect there will also be a number of images of local scenes and other lo-cal subjects,” says show co-organizer Fred Gornall.

“There will be a good selection of framed, ready to hang pictures as well as lots of matted, frame ready prints. There will also be a selection of greeting cards, including some Christmas Cards depicting local scenes.”

For more information or for de-tails on other photo weekend events, including workshops by Nature Photographer Graham Osborne and a presentation by Naturalist David Hancock visit www.tourismharri-son.com.

Entertainment

The Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra, under conductor Johan Louwersheimer, will perform a concert of “Russian Masterworks” on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm. at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.

This is Krystyna Tucka’s first appearance in Chilliwack as

an International pianist, and she will play Rachmaninoff ’s Second Piano Concerto.

The orchestra will also perform Tchiakovsky’s Fifth Symphony and the Overture “Ruslan and Ludmilla” by the Russian composer Glinka.

Krystyna Tucka holds a Masters Degree of the Music Academy St.

Moniuski in Poland; she completed postgraduate studies and a Virtuoso Diploma at the Ecole Normale de Paris Alfred Corto; Artist Diploma from the Vancouver Academy of Music studying with Lee Kum-Sing; she is a multiple prize winner of national piano competitions in Poland, a prize winner

of the international competitions in Europe and the first prize winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatte Piano Competition.

In Canada, she has been a Soloist with the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Baltic Symphony Orchestra.

Sounds of Russia on orchestra bill

Trails Crossing Friendship Centre is hosting a viewing of White Water, Black Gold, the award-winning documentary about a three-year quest by David Lavallee, for answers about the tarsands.

White Water, Black Gold is shot from an investigative point of view. It follows Lavallee on his three-year journey across Western Canada in search of answers about the activities

of the tarsands and how it has affected Canada, and the world. On his trip by river, he travels from icefields to oilfields and to many communities in between, speaking with everyday people that the oil industry has affected. What he discovers are the untold costs to land, water, wildlife and people associated with the second largest deposit of “oil” in the world.

The film will be shown on

Monday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Trails Crossing Friendship Centre, 454 Wallace St. in Hope.

There is no charge for this event, but donations will be accepted.Seating is limited so people wishing to attend are asked to RSVP to 604-869-9042.

For further information, contact Sharlene Harrison-Hinds at [email protected] or the Trails Crossing Friendship Centre at 604-869-9042.

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Fred Gornall is one of nine local photographers to be featured at next week-end’s Nature Exposed Photo Exposition.

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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmat the agassiz agricultural hall

Ages 0-12 will receive a present from Santa!

Refreshments will be served.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

TickeTs required for all: adults - $1.00 • children - free

Pick up tickets ASAP at Agassiz Harrison Community ServicesLimited seating, so get your tickets early!

C h i l d r e n ’ sChristmas Celebration

November 24th & 25th 10 am to 5 pm

Free admission

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sponsored by Tourism Harrison & the Harrison Hot springs & spa

Nature ExposedAn exhibition of nature photographs by local photographers

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Mother nature provid-ed a rare day of autumn sunshine last weekend as two dozen volunteers met on Agassiz Slough to plant 1,500 native trees and shrubs, including everything from Sitka spruce, red alder and Pa-

cific willow to nine-bark, red flowering current and wild rose.

The planting rounds out a restoration project led by local biologist Dr. Mike Pearson, aimed at improving water quality, drainage and fish habitat along the lower end of Agassiz Slough.

The first phase of the project involved using an excavator to pull out thick mats of reed-canary grass and tons of muck that were choking the channel. This material was trucked to a neigh-bouring farm field and dumped in several low spots. The result is an open, free-flowing water-way better suited to fish, including trout, salmon and the endangered Sal-ish Sucker.

The purpose of the planted trees and shrubs is to keep the channel

open by shading out reed canary grass and other sun-loving invasive

species like Himalayan blackberry and morning glory. The plants will also hold soil along the banks, filter runoff from Tuyt-tens Road, and provide habitat for many other species that depend on ‘riparian’ areas.

The project was funded

mainly by the provincial environment ministry but also the District of Kent, which provided a dump truck, some man-power and the plant ma-terial.

Pearson decided to go ahead with the restora-tion project after several years of monitoring in Agassiz Slough, which showed that fish find refuge there during the spring freshet, despite a hard-to-navigate ‘flapper gate’ at the mouth of the slough. Among the fish found were Chinook and coho salmon, rainbow and steelhead trout and hundreds of endangered Salish Sucker. Monitor-ing will continue next summer to document the impact of the project on fish use.

“I am very pleased with the project,” Pearson said. “And I am very hopeful that Agassiz Slough will once again provide high quality habitat all year long for salmon, trout and species at risk.”

– article submitted by Detmar Schwichtenberg, Fraser Valley Watershed

Community

Florina Beglinger, a first year science student from UBC, took part in the planting at the Agassiz Slough.

DETMAR SCHWICHTENBERG PHOTO

Biologist Mike Pearson, his mother Joan Pearson, Camilla Loughlin, Kerstin Schwichtenberg and Florina Beglinger rest for a moment during a planting session at the Agassiz Slough.

DETMAR SCHWICHTENBERG PHOTO

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Celebrate with us at our OPEN HOUSE TEANovember 17th from 1 until 4 pm at the German Club45910 Alexander Ave., Chwk.For more info call: Brenda 604-703-3038

Delores Lehmann is 80!

NEELS NURSERIES LTD.Looking for full-time seasonal employees to work in the Nursery. Must be capable of lifting & moving 75lbs repetitively for long

periods of time. Start date February 2013. Wage $10.50/hr. Resumes by mail to 7236 Ottenbreit Rd. Agassiz, BC, V0M 1A1

Resumes by email to [email protected]

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Agassiz Harrison Lions presents

CHRISTMAS COUNTRY FAIRAt the Agricultural Hall

Pioneer Ave. W. AgassizDec. 1; 10am-4pmOver 70 Vendors,

Refreshments.Best Little Fair in the Valley!

21 COMING EVENTS21st Century Flea Market. Nov 18th 10am-3pm. Croatian Cultural Ctr. 3250 Commercial Dr. Adm $5.

FREE! Child and Adolescent

ADHD Workshop Nov. 25; 1 – 5 pm1305 Taylor Way

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

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124 FARM WORKERSRAINBOWS END Tree Farm is hir-ing seasonal labour starting 02/01/13. Heavy lifting and fast paced work. Duties: planting trees, weeding, pruning, plant mainte-nance, digging, standing for extend-ed periods, walking, bending, crouching, kneeling. $10.25/hr. email resume to [email protected].

130 HELP WANTED

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

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139 MEDICAL/DENTAL

BROOKSIDE LODGE (Langley) seeking Director of Care. Current CRNBC registration & experience in Adult/Senior Residential care re-quired. Salary commensurate with experience & education. Resume & cover letter to sue.griffi [email protected]

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142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

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172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

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173 MIND BODY SPIRIT

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14 Agassiz Harrison Observer, Friday, November 16, 2012

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lots of miscellaneous items! Nov 17 & 18 from 9 am - 4 pm

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PERSONAL SERVICES

188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi ca-tion, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultationcall 1-800-347-2540.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

239 COMPUTER SERVICES

Rick’s Computer ServicesGeneral Repairs & Data Recovery, Trojan’s & Viruses removed. Same

day service on all drop offs. Drop by 6438 Lougheed Hwy.

(Corner of 7 & 9) 604-796-0538

260 ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

545 FUEL

551 GARAGE SALES


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

SMALL RENOVATIONS and fi nish carpentry. Seniors discount. Call Doug 604-491-3517, or email: [email protected]

300 LANDSCAPINGknoke trucking

320 MOVING & STORAGE

#1 As in movers we trust. Reliable Honest Movers. Same day moves & deliveries. Starting, $45hr + gas. (604)997-0332 / (604)491-8607

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.

329 PAINTING & DECORATINGNorthstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reli- able, Effi cient & Quality Paint. 778.344.1069

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 8yrs

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Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

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545 FUEL

551 GARAGE SALES


356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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Haul Anything...But Dead Bodies!!

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374 TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

• Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging

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PETS

477 PETS

BRITTANY SPANIEL spayed F, 4 years old, A.K.C. reg. orange/white, great family dog, needs lots of exer-cise, Call (604)820-0551 after 4pm

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

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GERMAN Shepherd pup. Working line. Black female, 6 wks. $700. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

GOLDENDOODLE puppies for sale. Vet checked, shots, de-wormed. Call Brandon at 778-888-4572.

MINI SCHNAUZER pups. 1st shots, dewormed, tails docked, vet ✓ $750/ea. Call 604-657-2915.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PRESA Canario / Pitt Bull puppies,2 male, 2 fem. 1st shots/dewormed Ready to go. $400. 778-861-4147

626 HOUSES FOR SALE

PETS

477 PETS

Swiss Mountain pups, short-hair, family raised, gentle, vet ✔ de-wormed. $850. 604-795-7662

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

533 FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

548 FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

*NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET*Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

551 GARAGE SALES

CHILLIWACKROSEDALE ETATE

MOVING SALENew items added from another

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10120 NELSON RD. Antique cast iron f/p, antique wardrobe, antique dining table with 4 captains chairs, room di-vider, slider rocking chair, small coffee table & end tables, lamps, 2 fridges, lge. freezer, single & dble. beds with mattresses & dresser. Too many household items to list!

560 MISC. FOR SALE

BIG BUILDING SALE...”THIS IS A CLEARANCE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20X20 $3,985. 25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859. 35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100. 47X76 $18,265 One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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REAL ESTATE

609 APARTMENT/CONDOS

LUXURY OCEANFRONT CONDOS!

2 Bdrm. & 2 BathWas $850k ~ Now $399,900Resort Spa Restaurant Golf Marina

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612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

627 HOMES WANTED

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

MODULAR HOMES and park mod-el homes factory direct wholesale. New single wides $37,209 doubles $73,486 Special winter discounts! Call The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or www.hbmodular.com

636 MORTGAGES

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

AGASSIZ- 2 BDRM 1 BATH APT in Northgate Manor. $650/m

Available now. Gloria 604-796-3521

AGASSIZ- 2 bdrm, $625. Available now, N/P, N/S. $500/m. Call 1 (604)614-6184

AGASSIZ. 2 bdrm apart., newly re-no’d $675/month + dd ref. req. avail. Dec 1. 604-703-5156

AGASSIZ No. 9 hwy 1 Bdrm apt, ground fl oor,secured building to sin-gle/couple w/refs a must. Min 6mo, looking for reliable tenant, $490mth plus Utility. [email protected] 604-617-0055

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

AGASSIZ

T. Marlowe ManorSpacious 1 bdrm

available now. Ask about our seniors discount.

Pets upon prior approval.

604-796-8760

HARRISON - Studio Apartment, Nice quiet & safe building, suitable for single person. Newly renovated, $595/month includes utilities. Avail now. Call 604-794-7132

HHS- NOV. 1- 1 BDRM Waterfront condo, f/s, d/w, w/d, gas f/p. Newly updated. Looking for responsible mature tenant. NS/NP, DD/ref req. $850/m. Call Kelly 604-819-1936

736 HOMES FOR RENT

Agassiz, 1629 #9 Hwy, 3 bdrm, un-fi n. bsmnt, lrge yard, workshop, clean, exc. cond. throughout, pet negot. avail. now $1000/m Ross Fullbrook, Royal Lepage 604-792-0077

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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810 AUTO FINANCING

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715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

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626 HOUSES FOR SALE

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38 foot - 1988 Fleetwood Avion triple axle trailer

w/3 solar panels.

$10,000 Or will take trade for smaller holiday trailer.

Call 604-491-3610

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TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

830 MOTORCYCLESNOW - NEW 8 week courses cover-ing small engine, snowmobile, quad or marine outboard repair. Take one course or all - fi t your interest and your timeline. GPRC Fairview campus. Affordable residences.1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca.

REV UP YOUR ENGINE. Now gain 1st and 2nd year Apprenticeship Motorcycle Mechanic skills. GPRC Fairview campus. Hands-on training - street, off-road, dual sport bikes. Write AB MCM exams - gain 320 hours credit. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca.

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

TRANSPORTATION

830 MOTORCYCLES

THE ONE - THE ONLY authorized Harley-Davidson technician training program in all of Canada. You’ll work on all types of HD bikes. Quality instruction and state-of-the-art training aids. GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview Alberta. 1-888-999-7882.

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP CARS & METALS - CA$H for CARS Up to $300. No Wheels - No Problem! Friendly & Professional Service. Servicing the Fraser Valley 1-855-771-2855

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

The Scrapper

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

851 TRUCKS & VANS2003 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Sport-4 dr. auto, 7 pass. loaded, exc. cond. new brakes, air care, new windshield$3650 604.556.4242

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

TRANSPORTATION

851 TRUCKS & VANS

2003 FORD WINDSTAR ONLY 135,000 Kms $3750 Call (604)826-1713

KEY TRACK AUTO SALES

CARS & VANS:1996 FORD CONTOUR 4dr auto fully loaded ST#305 THIS WEEK $9991994 MAZDA PROTEGE 4dr sdn auto low km st#314 $14951996 PONTIAC SUNFIRE 4dr sedan Aircared st#310 $14951995 FORD EXPLORER 2dr 4X4 5spd 5 pass Aircared ST#299 $24951999 PONTIAC TRANS-PORT van 7 pgr low km ST#281 THIS WEEK $22992000 DODGE NEON 4DR auto sunroof, runs good ST#147 $29952002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE 4dr auto st#195 $29951999 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr sedan fully loaded ST#303 $34952000 HONDA CIVIC 4dr auto sedan ST#169 $34952000 TOYOTA COROLLA 4dr auto sdn a/c runs good st#302 $35002002 PONTIAC GRAND AM 4dr sdn auto Aircare low km st#313 $38001997 NISSAN PATHFIND-ER 4dr auto 4X4 runs good ST#221 $39001994 CHEV CAMARO black, auto T-Top low kms 178K ST#279 $4,8002005 PONTIAC GRAND AM 4dr auto AirCrae ST#276 $4900 2007 PONTIAC MONTAN-NA 7pgr Van runs good no accidents ST#312 $69002006 DODGE MAGNUM 4dr wagon auto fully loaded ST#106 $69002007 FORD FUSION 4DR auto fully loaded ST#250$749504 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4 auto Aircared ST#319 $790004 AUDI A4 4dr sdn, auto leather Aircared ST#320 $8800

TRUCKS THIS WEEK:

1997 CHEV P/U EXT CAB 5 spd short box V6 runs good st#229 $24952005 FORD F250 XLT quad cab. Power stork diesel 4X4, auto, long box. ST#125$69002006 GMC SLE crew cab 4X4 auto loaded, long box this week only $9,900st1982007 FORD F150 reg cabV6 auto long box ST#205$10,9002005 GMC SLE CREW cab 4X4 auto diesel long box, loaded ST#218 $10,9002001 FORD F350 Dually 4X4 crew cab XLT 7.3L pwrstrk diesel ST#130$11,9002008 FORD F150 REG CAB 4x4 auto long box ST#207 $11,9002007 FORD RANGER 4X4 auto super cab st#193$11,9002007 FORD F150 supercab cre XLT 4X4 auto fuel load-ed ST#273 $13,9002005 FORD F250 CREW cab Lariat leather diesel 4X4 auto ST#246 $13,9002006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto long box ST#283 $13,9002006 FORD F350 XLT CREW cab diesel 4X4 auto long box runs good ST#309 $14,9002006 FORD F350 XLT quad cab 4X4 auto diesel only 156K st#17 $15,9002006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto long box only 160Km st#310 $15,9002006 FORD F350 XLT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto full load-ed long box st#311 $15,9002008 GMC 2500 HD Quad cab 4X4 auto long box ST#267 $15,9002007 CHEV 2500 HD quad cab 4X4 auto gas, shortbox, fully loaded ST#267 $15,9002005 CHEV 2500 HD LS crew cab Duramax diesel leather 4X4 auto ST#190 $15,9002007 FORD F350 LARIAT crew cab diesel 4X4 auto short box ST#275 $18,900

33166 S. Fraser Way, Abbotsford DL#31038

604-855-0666www.keytrackautosales.com

Meet the ProsNOVEMBER 2012

Y O U R S O U R C E F O R Q U A L I T Y L O C A L P R O F E S S I O N A L S

Hope Auto Body Ltd.

t A e ue www.hopeautobody.ca 604.796.0770

Licensed Bonded Insured

R.C.E.APPLIANCEREPAIR

604-796-2834Service to all makes of

washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers & refrigerators

PLUMBING SERVICES

KENT PLUMBING& HEATING LTD.

For all your Service, Repair

& Installation Needs“One call does it all”

604-796-270524 HOUR

LICENSED SERVICE

New Cabinetry, and Cabinet Refacing Counter Tops

FINBACK CUSTOM WOODWORKS

6390 Pioneer Ave, AgassizVISIT OUR SHOWROOM

604.796.1196 | 604.857.3375 (cell)

CARPENTRY SERVICES

GLEN TRAUNLANDSCAPING

• Commercial & Residential

Yard Maintenance• Hydro Seeding

Servicing Hope & Area since 1979

604-869-2767KELLY AT

[email protected]

Complete Home Renovations & AdditionsFibreglass & Wood DeckingMetal Roofs

THE

RENOVATORCOMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

531 CORBETT ST. HOPE, BC. 604-869-9514

FRASER CANYON GLASS LTD.

DOMESTIC & IMPORTS Full ServiceGlass Shop

Windshield replacementsRock chip repairs

All private insurance co.Certified Automotive Glass Technician 35 yrs exp.

debra cornish604.796.0406

[email protected]

CASTLE CLEANING & ORGANIZATION

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the ease of organized:clutter busting!closet solutionspantry set ups

office/garage organizationup/down scale move

the comfort of clean:green cleaning products

regular cleaningspring/seasonal cleaning

gift certificatesmove in/out

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lawncare & yard maintenance

aerating/power raking

weeding/yard clean up

hedge & tree pruning

pressure washing

paver stones/retaining walls

604-819-8786

GroundworksLandscaping / Lawncare

custom offi ce furnishings

kitchen cabinetsbuilt in entertainment

centresrestoration/refi nishing

SVEDALA WOODWORKING

by Mats Strahl, Scandinavian Craftsman

604.794.7018


PROGRAM D#30900

CASH FOR CLUNKERSNOW OFFERED BY AUTO CANADA

$4500 VOUCHERYou could qualify for up to

What is the CASH FOR CLUNKERS Program?

Helps consumers buy or lease a moreenvironmentally friendly vehicleConsumers will be able to take advantage of thisprogram and receive up to a $4500 voucher

2002 or older vehicles

Getting under 20 mpg on your current vehicle

Vehicle almost not driveble

PLEASE CALL PROGRAM HEADQUARTERS FOR YOUR VOUCHERASK FOR PROGRAM 30900

CALL 780.435.4711 TO FIND OUT!EXCLUSIVELY AT CAPITAL MOTORS

CALL 877.460.8890 TO FIND OUT!EXCLUSIVELY AT MAPLE RIDGE VOLKSWAGEN

D#30900CASH FOR CLUNKERS IS OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY AUTO CANADA *THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT NOTICE* DL#31164DL#31163

PLEASE CALL PROGRAM HEADQUARTERS FOR YOUR VOUCHERASK FOR PROGRAM 31163 OR 31164

CALL 604.853.1181TO FIND OUT!

OR 1.855.853.1181

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2006

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C H I L L I W A C K

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A B B O T S F O R D

CASH FOR CLUNKERS IS OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY AUTO CANADA AND ITS PARTNER DEALERSHIPS INCLUDING MAPLE RIDGE VOLKSWAGEN, ABBOTSFORD VOLKSWAGEN AND CHILLIWACK VOLKSWAGEN *THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT NOTICE*

Small changes can make huge difference to healthHistorically, most cases

of diabetes diagnosed in children were believed to be type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes was viewed as

an adult-onset disease. However, for the last two decades, type 2 diabetes has been on the rise glob-ally in children and ado-

lescents between the ages of 10 and nineteen years. Recent statistics show an alarming trend. It is ex-pected that one in every

three Canadian children born in 2000 will likely be diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime and that over the next 15 years, the

global incidence of type 2 diabetes in children will increase by up to 50 per cent.

To support you and

your family in prevent-ing or in managing dia-betes – in children, youth or adults, Agassiz Com-munity Health, together

with the Agassiz Public Library, will be hosting a public information day on Tuesday, 20 Nov. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Agassiz Public Library. You will be able to have your blood glucose test-ed, have access to advice from health professionals, and learn about activity programs available at the Fitness Centre and gather important information to take home and read.

The factors that in-crease the probability that a child will develop type 2 diabetes are the same risk factors seen in adults. They include a family his-tory of diabetes, certain ethnicities, maternal ges-tational diabetes, insulin resistance, physical inac-tivity, and overweight and obesity.

Obesity is closely relat-ed to the development of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Over the last 25 years, obesity rates among children in Can-ada have nearly tripled; about 95 per cent of chil-dren with type 2 diabetes are overweight at diagno-sis. Aside from develop-ing diabetes, weight prob-lems in children can lead to a range of other health problems in childhood and in later years. In fact, studies show that children and adolescents face com-plications from both type 2 diabetes and obesity, with complications devel-oping more rapidly than they would in adults.

Now the good news is that a healthy lifestyle, just as in adults, can sig-nificantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. The Cana-dian Diabetes Association recommends that families try the following simple lifestyle changes that can make a big difference in the health of your family.

1. Switch from regular pop to sugar-free pop or water.

2. Offer children healthy snack choices, such as fresh fruits and cut-up veggies.

3. Switch to lower-fat dairy products.

4. Model healthy eat-ing and activity habits for your children.

5. Leave the car at home; walk or bike when-ever possible.

6. Gradually reduce screen time and replace it with active play time. Try a family walk after dinner.

7. Follow Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and Tips to Get Active – copies can be found at the Public Health Agency of Canada website.

– submitted by Agassiz Community Heath with credit to the Canadian Diabetes Association

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