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Kerrie-Ann Schoenit and Tom FletcherBlack Press

Students in the Fraser-Cascade school district could be returning to class early next week if teachers accept a tentative agreement today to end the current strike.

Superintendent Karen Nelson said the district is awaiting further details on the ratifi cation, but will do every-thing possible to open schools as soon as possible.

“Our maintenance department worked tirelessly over the summer in preparation for the opening of school,” she said. “We anticipate that

there will be some minor work to complete in some of our buildings, but for the most part our schools are ready to welcome students and staff .”

Mediator Vince Ready announced the breakthrough early Tuesday morning, aft er fi ve days of talks at a Richmond hotel.

With a ratifi cation vote of 40,000 union members expected today (Sept. 18), the province’s 60 school districts are attempting to return to regular classes next week aft er fi ve weeks of full-scale strike action that began last June.

Th e BCTF executive has recom-mended its members accept the six-

year agreement. President Jim Iker said it provides for “hundreds of new teachers” to address class size and spe-cial needs support as well as raises for regulator and substitute teachers and improved extended health benefi ts. Th e agreement also includes “a mutu-ally agreed process to address any fu-ture court decision,” with the govern-ment’s appeal of a B.C. Supreme Court decision on class size and teacher staff levels set to go to appeal in October.

Iker said one aspect of the union’s court victory in January is dealt with in the tentative agreement. A lump-sum payment to BCTF members for “retro-grievances” as a result of the

changes to working conditions will bemade if the deal is ratifi ed.

Th e six-year agreement is retroac-tive to the expiry of the earlier agree-ment last spring, with raises averagingjust over one per cent per year.

Education Minister Peter Fass-bender said a plan is being developedto make up missed instructional days,which could involve reschedulingChristmas holidays, spring break oradding days to the end of the schoolyear.

Every student’s education will be“kept whole,” particularly senior highschool students looking ahead topost-secondary studies, he said.

Teachers to vote on tentative dealChilliwack Chiefs defenceman Evan MacEachern (right) fights for the puck during an exhibition game against the Coquitlam Express last Thursday at Hope Arena. The rec centre hosted a pre-game barbecue and street hockey prior to the puck drop. The Chiefs ended up wining the match 3-2. Regular season play kicks off this Saturday (Sept. 20) at Prospera Centre.

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Hope Search and Rescue volunteers conduct a vehicle extraction demonstration during the group’s open house on Saturday. Members were on hand to give tours throughout the facility and show the public how some of the rescue equipment works. The road rescue trucks, jet boat, snowmobiles, and ATV vehicles were on display. People were also able to walk through the mobile command trailer to learn about search procedures and the equip-ment used by a rescue team, including radios and specialized maps. The open house coincided with the launch of a fall volunteer recruitment drive, which saw several new people interested in joining the group. HSAR plans to start its next ground search and rescue course on Oct. 15. Anyone still interested in becoming a volunteer member should submit an application by Oct. 1.

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By 2020, about 1 in 3 Canadians will be diabetic or prediabetic. If you haven’t been screened for diabetes and are over 40, check with your doctor. Diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle changes....weight-loss, better nutrition and exercise.

As we age, our eyes sometimes don’t produce enough tears to keep the eye moist causing “dry eye syndrome”. This can also be caused by certain medications as well. It’s important to keep the eye surface moist. Talk to our pharmacists about this. We can check your medication list for possible drug causes and

recommend a suitable moisturizing eye drop or ointment to help.

Pharmacists are often asked for something to reduce heartburn. There are drugs available for this but often just making a few changes in your life might do the job.

Avoid eating less than three hours before bed. Eat smaller meals. The more you eat, the longer it takes for the stomach to empty which can contribute to heartburn.

To reduce heartburn, try to identify which foods cause it. Common culprits are tomatoes, garlic, milk, coffee, cola soft drinks and

chocolate. You might try sleeping on a bit of an incline using a wedge-shaped cushion. Lastly, lose those extra pounds that could put more pressure on the stomach causing contents to move up the esophagus.

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Hope earns Five Bloom awardKerrie-Ann SchoenitHope Standard

Hope has received a Five Bloom award in the 2014 pro-vincial Communities in Bloom competition.

Th e award was handed out over the weekend in Trail, with Hope’s Victor Smith and Bob Burrell being recognized with a special provincial Community Champion award. Th e local del-egates also honoured Laurie and Elaine French for their volun-teer contributions over the past seven years.

“We’re ecstatic that we won again,” said Victor Smith, chair of the Hope Communities in Bloom committee. “We never know and it’s always a surprise to us. It’s rewarding that the town has that wow factor.”

Judges Peter Crawshaw and Heather Doheny toured the community in July and made numerous stops including You Grow Aquaponics, Pioneer Cemetery, Kawkawa Lake park and Othello Tunnels. Fred Fan-

drich of Valley Helicopters also provided an aerial tour giving the judges an overview of the vi-sual orientation of Hope.

Th e community was evalu-ated on its tidiness, environmen-tal action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, landscape and fl oral displays. Hope managed

to boost its score in several ar-eas from last year and received special mention for it’s volun-teerism. Smith said one of the biggest improvements this year was the berm at Exit 170, which received new perennial planting and mulching. Th e judges spe-cifi cally noted how impressed

they were with the amount of landscaping maintenance done by volunteers.

“Volunteerism is the rule in Hope. Th e hard work of many individuals, both volunteer and municipal, is clearly evident throughout the community,” they said. “We would also be re-miss if we did not mention the generous hospitality shown to us by everyone while in Hope. If hospitality were a CIB category, Hope would get full marks.”

Th e judges suggested the committee give some consider-ation to how the local First Na-tion bands could have active in-volvement in the program. Th ey also pointed out that a visit to the Nestlé Waters facility, waste wa-ter treatment plant and landfi ll transfer station would be a good addition to the tour in the future and be of value to the judges.

Th e local Communities in Bloom committee relied on about 50 volunteers to run the program this year, logging a total of 731 hours.

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Sixty-one people participated in the

annual Terry Fox run/walk at Hope Airpark on Sunday, nearly doubling

attendance from last year. The local event raised $2,235 for the Terry Fox Foundation, up from $1,663.50 in 2013. In addition to

the five-kilometre loop around the airport,

there was a paid barbecue, music and

kids games.

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Terry Fox run

Communities in Bloom volunteers Bob Burrell (left) and Victor Smith show off Hope’s new Five Bloom banner that was awarded over the weekend.

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OFFICIALS:The District of Hope invites applications from individuals to act as Election Offi cials in the 2014 Local Government Election.

Election Offi cials are required at two Advance Polls on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 and for General Voting Day, Saturday, November 15, 2014. Election Offi cials will be required to attend a training session prior to the Election, and will be required to work the hours of 7:00 a.m. to approximately 9:00 p.m. Preference will be given to individuals with previous election experience.

Applications for Election Offi cials are available at the District Offi ce, Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and must be submitted to the Chief or Deputy Chief Election Offi cer no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2014.

The District wishes to thank all applicants for their interest, however only those individuals under consideration will be notifi ed.

SCRUTINEERS FOR ASSENT VOTING:

On Saturday, November 15, 2014 qualifi ed electors within the District of Hope will be voting on the following question:

“Are you in favour of the District of Hope Council adopting District of Hope Size of Council Reduction Bylaw No. 1350, 2014, in order to reduce the size of Council from a Mayor and six (6) Councillors TO a Mayor and four (4) Councillors, effective for the 2018 Local Government Election?”

Scrutineers for and against the question must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. If suffi cient applications are received, one scrutineer for and one scrutineer against the question will be appointed for each voting place. One scrutineer for and one scrutineer against the question will also be appointed to be present at the determination of the offi cial results and, if necessary, at a judicial recount.

Applications to act as a scrutineer will be received by the Chief or Deputy Chief Election Offi cer at the District Offi ce, during the period 8:30 am, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:30 pm, Friday, October 10, 2014 (offi ce hours only).

Interested persons can obtain information on the requirements and procedures for making an application by contacting: Donna Bellingham, Chief Election Offi cer at [email protected] Heather Stevenson, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer at [email protected]

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Hope resident wins B.C. literacy contest

Hope resident Peter Bailey has won a prov-ince-wide literacy con-test held by Decoda Lit-eracy Solutions to raise awareness of the impor-tance of British Colum-bia’s literacy needs.

Bailey’s win was an-nounced at the Literacy is Life gala event held at the Queen Elizabeth Th eatre last Wednesday. He was selected from a group of fi ve fi nalists from other B.C. com-munities.

Bailey submitted his entry to the Literacy is Life Letters Contest to show other British Co-lumbians that literacy truly is an essential part of life.

“I was just inspired to tell my story,” he said.

Bailey, who wrote his entire entry on an iPhone, told an emo-tional and compelling story of living as a “child survivor of illiteracy.” His father loved to read, but could not write. Bai-ley wrote of his diffi cult childhood where his fa-ther lost jobs when em-ployers discovered he couldn’t read, or would resign when employers found out about the is-sue.

“Th e continued cycle of unemployment led to long periods of pov-erty,” he said in his en-try. “He was raised to believe that a man’s role was to provide, and he

couldn’t.”While Bailey writes

that his story does not have a happy ending, a feeling of hope punctu-ates its conclusion. He was able to create a life he loves, overcoming many of the challenges he and his father faced in the past.

“Happily married with two remarkable children, I work in so-cial health,” he said. “I helped establish a litera-cy agency that provides services to the commu-nity…I am fi lled with

hope through the inspi-ration of those working in education who make a diff erence every day.”

Hope resident Deb Flynn was also selected as a fi nalist, and was present at the gala to accept her third place prize. Flynn was nomi-nated for her commu-nity eff orts to start her own book exchange, where community children can buy qual-ity age-appropriate books with their own “money” – she has ac-cepted clumps of pen-

nies, homemade papermoney, IOUs, and evenCanadian Tire money.

Organized by DecodaLiteracy Solutions, theLiteracy is Life cam-paign is a province-widefundraising and aware-ness campaign designedto raise awareness of theimportance of literacy,create a new, modernunderstanding of lit-eracy and raise funds toensure that community-based literacy programsacross British Columbiacan support the peoplewho depend on them.

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Hope’s Peter Bailey (right) receives a prize last Wednesday from John Brouwer, principal of Eton College, for winning the province-wide Literacy is Life contest held by Decoda Literacy Solutions.

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Kerrie-Ann SchoenitHope Standard

Hope Rod and Gun Club is looking for volunteers to help with a shoreline cleanup next weekend.

Th e goal is to remove debris left behind from Fraser River an-glers this summer before the wa-ter rises again.

“All this stuff just washes down into the ocean eventually if you

don’t clean it up,” said event orga-nizer Robin Alexander. “Th ere’s paper, fi shing line, bottles, cans, and packaging from the fi shing lures left around.”

Cleanup will target six fi shing areas along the Fraser River: Lit-tle Bar, Landstrom Bar, two bars near Camp Hope, and sites near Highway 1 exit 153 and exit 170.

Th e club will provide garbage bags and gloves, but volunteers

are asked to come prepared withgood boots to walk on rocky ar-eas, water to drink, food to eatand anything else needed for theday.

Th e group is meeting at Mc-Donald’s on Sept. 27 at 9:30 p.m.before heading out. Maps of thelocal river areas will be provided.

For more information on thecleanup eff ort, contact Alexanderat 604-869-9902.

Fishing bar cleanup planned

Th e disparity in wealth between rich and poor is wider in B.C. than any other province, accord-ing to the fi ndings of a left -leaning think tank.

Th e Broadbent Insti-tute report found the richest 10 per cent of

B.C. residents held 56.2 per cent of fi nancial as-sets, excluding pensions, while the poorest half of residents owned 3.1 per cent.

It said 2012 data from Statistics Canada shows the concentration of

wealth in the hands of the richest 10 per cent was most pronounced in B.C.

Nationally, the rich-est tenth of Canadians hold 47.9 per cent of the wealth, while the bottom half hold 5.5 per cent.

Distribution of wealthwas most equitable inthe Atlantic region,where 31.7 per cent ofassets are held by thewealthiest 10 per centand the bottom half ofthe population hold 11.5per cent.

Richest tenth hold more than half of wealth in B.C.

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Fraser sockeye shun U.S. watersJeff NagelBlack Press

A quirk of nature has handed B.C. commercial fi shermen a huge catch of sockeye salmon this sum-mer, while leaving their American counterparts almost empty handed.

Commercial fi shing is winding down and the tally of the totes so far shows U.S. fi shermen out of Washington State have caught barely 440,000 sockeye, a mere fi ve per cent of the total Fraser-bound catch as of Sept. 12. By comparison, Ca-nadian seiners, gillnett-ers and trollers, as well as First Nations and sports anglers, have caught a combined 7.9 million sockeye. Americans had been allocated 1.8 million but haven’t come close to that quota because nearly all the Fraser sockeye have stayed out of U.S. waters by running down the east side of Vancou-ver Island via Johnstone Strait.

It’s not that the salmon have been patriotic about sticking to the all-Cana-dian migration route.

Pacifi c Salmon Com-mission chief biologist Mike Lapointe says warm ocean temperatures likely mean Fraser sockeye ranged further into the Gulf of Alaska and then, on their homeward mi-gration, made landfall further north than usual up the B.C. coast.

A normal year sees Fraser sockeye fl ow more evenly around Vancouver Island, with signifi cant numbers going down the west side where Ameri-cans can fi sh in Juan de Fuca Strait. But since early August more than 98 per cent have taken Johnstone Strait.

“It’s very unusual,” Lapointe said, adding it’s been hard on American fi shermen because Fra-ser sockeye “just aren’t swimming through their waters.”

Th e closest U.S. boats can get to the Canadian fi shing frenzy is the U.S. water off Point Roberts, where BC Ferries pas-sengers near Tsawwassen have been able to spot American boats fi shing steadily. Lapointe said unusual Fraser sockeye catches in southeast Alas-ka and off Haida Gwaii have been strong evi-dence of a more norther-ly landfall this year, with many more fi sh funnelled into Johnstone Strait. Th e total Fraser sockeye run size is estimated at 20.7 million this year – very

close to the mid-range pre-season estimate.

Lapointe said danger-ously warm river tem-peratures have cooled, returning sockeye appear to be in good shape and plenty of fi sh are reaching the spawning grounds – all factors that bode well for a good run in 2018.

He said an unusual number of returning sockeye have been caught with either lamprey eels sucking on them or evi-dence of lamprey marks,

but that doesn’t seem to have killed many.

Lampreys can survive in fresh water so “they can latch onto a sock-eye in Georgia Strait and hang onto it and ride it right up the river.”

Unlike some recent years when the fl eet was sidelined because the run was too small to fi sh, this year’s sockeye re-turn – though short of a record – gave all groups of fi shermen repeated openings.

“Th is is the biggest run of the four-year cycle,” Lapointe said.

“In many ways it’s the one-in-four year oppor-tunity these guys get.”

Some commercial sockeye fi shing was al-lowed last year, when about four million salm-on returned to the Fraser, aft er a shutdown in 2012.

Fishery managers are hopeful Fraser sockeye are gradually rebuilding since the disastrous 2009 run when just 1.6 mil-lion sockeye returned, triggering the Cohen In-quiry.

Lapointe said most fi shing could end as soon as this week to protect weaker coho salmon stocks.

One stock that re-turned weaker than was hoped was the Cultus Lake sockeye, where fewer than 300 fi sh have come back.

“Th at’s defi nitely a concern,” Lapointe said.

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Sockeye catch by the numbers Purse seiners: 3,494,600Gillnetters - Johnstone Strait: 1,177,500Gillnetters - Fraser River: 1,375,000Trollers: 282,100First Nations - commercial: 551,900First Nations - food, social, ceremonial:

838,000Recreational: 174,400U.S. commercial (including First

Nations): 442,800Test fi sheries: 146,200

Mike Armstrong, left, and Phil Eidsvik, haul in salmon, during a commercial fisheries opening for gillnettters on the Fraser River in mid-August.

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MEET YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Constable Abdullahi Hersijoined the RCMP in May 2014 as a general duty offi cer with Hope being his fi rst posting. He graduated from Carleton University in 2011 with a degree in law, minoring in sociology and later decided to pursue a career in policing.

Abdullahi had always wanted to be a police offi cer and felt he would be able to see the country through the RCMP. He enjoys policing the local streets and highways, specifi cally looking for speeding and impaired drivers.

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Off to school, and back to court for BCTF

Now that a cease-fi re has emerged from the latest round in the war for control of B.C.’s public school system, the next court battle is ready to proceed.

Lawyers for the provincial gov-ernment and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation have fi led their written submissions to the B.C. Court of Appeal. At issue is whether legis-lation removing union contract terms that dictated class size and teacher staff levels was a violation of members’ constitutional rights to freedom of association.

When B.C. Supreme Court jus-tice Susan Griffi n found that it was, the government changed legisla-tion again. Th e same judge ordered

that struck down and the 2002 con-tract language reinstated retroac-tively for every contract since then, imposed or negotiated.

Th e government says that would create chaos as well as billions in expenses, pushing out full-day kin-dergarten and other allocations of space and money that have pro-ceeded since union control was removed.

Griffi n’s order is stayed pending this appeal. If you think the lat-est strike has been disruptive, you don’t want to see what this judge’s vision would look like.

Government lawyers argue that the BCTF’s constitutional right claim is “wrong in law” and amounts to a veto that blocks the province’s ability to legislate in re-sponse to changing conditions.

“According to the BCTF, legis-lation may improve on collective agreement entitlements but cannot remove them over the objections

of the union without violating [the Charter of Rights and Freedoms],” the government’s submission says. “On the BCTF’s theory, collective agreement entitlements become constitutionally protected in per-petuity.”

What that would mean to vot-ers is when they throw out an NDP government that handed the keys to the treasury to public sector unions, the unions can veto that too. And when mandated mini-mum teacher-librarians sitting in rooms full of paper books become the equivalent of buggy whip weav-ers, they must remain as long as the union wants.

BCTF’s lawyers submit that the government is wrong in fact as well as law. Its arguments are technical, dwelling particularly on the fact that the government didn’t appeal Griffi n’s fi rst ruling.

For instance, there have actually been two negotiated deals since

2002. Th e one in 2006 provided fi ve years of raises and a bonus to get the government past the 2010 Olympics, and in 2012 there was a pre-election truce negotiated with the help of mediator Charles Jago.

Th e government argues that re-imposing 2002 conditions would overturn other contracts that were agreed to by the BCTF. BCTF’s lawyers say, in eff ect, the deleted terms covering working conditions weren’t there to negotiate.

Th e Coalition of B.C. Businesses has entered the case as an inter-vener, arguing for the supremacy of elected governments when provid-ing public services.

Its submission notes that unlike private disputes, the right to strike is oft en curtailed in the public sec-tor, and sometimes eliminated as in the case of police and health care.

“When critical aspects of public policy are jeopardized by employee demands, those aspects could be

legislated; where a fi scal downturnor infl ationary pressures requiredausterity measures, they could beimplemented through legislation;where strikes jeopardize impor-tant public services, the legislaturecould pass back-to-work legisla-tion, and so on.”

It’s been obvious for many yearsthat the BCTF doesn’t function likea normal union, and isn’t much in-terested in starting to do so.

Its leadership sees itself as anagent of “social justice,” a beliefdemonstrated by its promotion offl awed poverty statistics and pro-nouncements on everything fromU.S. labour law to confl ict in theMiddle East.

Its decades-old instruction togovernment is blunt: raise taxesand give us the money.

Tom Fletcher is legislature report-er and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfl etcherbc Email: tfl [email protected]

OpinionPublished at Hope, Boston Bar, Yale and surrounding area by Black Press

New technology a driving force We may think we need wearable technology – such as Google Glass or the

new Apple Watch – and manufacturers would like us to think so, too.But the last thing we need in this day and age of multiple distractions is some-

thing else to divert our attention from the responsibilities of operating a vehicle.Most drivers would probably agree that erratic behaviour on the roads has not

decreased over the past 20 years.Indeed, it appears we are now paying the price for past leniency in what

seems to have emerged as current norms of driving – unsignalled turns and lane changes, sudden swerves within lanes or into the line of oncoming traffi c, unexpected decreases in speed and failure to respond to traffi c signals.

Th ose who have ever wondered “what’s up with this guy?” have probably discovered more than once, on closer approach, a driver juggling the wheel and a cup of coff ee; glancing down at a text message; or with a cellphone clutched to his or her ear.

Since they, clearly, don’t see themselves as part of a problem, it would be meaningless to tell them that, on average, 30 people a year die as a result of distracted driving in the Lower Mainland alone – and some 88 provincewide.

Similarly, it would probably mean little to those with such an undeveloped sense of self-preservation, that current police fi nes could bend their pocket-books by $167 for distracted driving to $368 for driving without due care and attention.

So let these remarks be addressed to those of us who place a greater value on life. It’s time we demanded a much higher standard, and a much more strin-gent series of penalties for distracted driving that will anticipate the wave of new attention-grabbing technologies.

Th e B.C. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles believes that current regulations against using hand-held devices will also cover wearable technologies. He thinks continuing to monitor the situation is an adequate response.

We’re not betting on it. When human life is at stake, we suggest, we can’t af-ford to take an overly optimistic approach. While it would be nice to believe that all human beings will behave responsibly, given a new set of temptations, bitter experience demonstrates otherwise.

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On Friday night (Sept. 5), I went to Sixth Avenue Park and the lights were on for the ball game. Wow, what a wonder-ful sight. Congrats to Jeff Smith, president of Hope Brigade Days committee. You did a great job! I

promise to get involved again. A number of people said why did you not do this or that, but didn’t volunteer.

Also, what was with all the security? Th ere were at least 12 guards all over the park for three

days. From the way I see, this could have cost about $14,000. Hope must be a bad place. Chris-ty Clark, what happened to your Liberal’s liquor laws?

Dick Gardner, Th e new Steve D.

In the last three weeks, Hope has seen an increase in bear calls to the Conser-vation Offi cer Service because of bears going through garbage.

A mother bear with two cubs has been spotted numerous times around Th acker Marsh and the Coquihalla Riv-er and a black bear and a cinnamon-co-loured black bear have been seen many times between Kawkawa Lake and 6th Avenue.

At this time of year, bears enter the hyperphagia stage, which means they have to eat 20,000 calories a day in order to fatten up to survive hibernation. Th is equals to about 40 hamburgers a day.

Natural food is still available at this time of year, including some blackber-ries, Mountain Ash, fi sh in the Fraser

River and some fi sh in the Coquihalla River. While bears are moving around to fi nd natural food, they will gladly go through garbage cans which have been carelessly put at the curb the night before pick-up or even left out for the whole week.

If a bear has gone into garbage once, they will come back for more. Th is will very quickly put them at risk of being shot, since they have become a danger to the public at this point. One garbage can put out the night before pick-up can make an otherwise clean neighbor-hood unsafe for everyone, including the bears. Th e same can be said about un-picked fruit trees or bird feeders or any other bear attractant.

We can not say this oft en enough:

please lock your garbage securely in a garage or shed until the morning of pick-up. Freeze smelly items and add them to the garbage the morning of pick-up.

Pick all fallen fruit every day and pick ripe fruit as soon as possible. If you need help with picking, please call me at 604-860-4558 and volunteers will come and help with picking the fruit. Part of this fruit will be donated to local charities like the food bank. Take your bird feed-ers down and don’t start feeding birds until about mid-November.

If you have had problems with bears in your compost, there are very good indoor worm composters available.

Th e Hope Mountain Black Bear Committee has been working closely

together with the Conservation Offi cer Service of the Chilliwack area to reduce human-bear confl icts.

Th e Conservation Offi cer Service is making the public aware that anyone leaving attractants available for danger-ous wildlife can be subject to a fi ne of $230 under the wildlife Act. If you en-counter a threatening bear or a bear that is going through garbage, call the RAPP line immediately at 1-877-952-7277. For more information about bears and bear attractants, check out our website at www.hopemountain.org or like us on our Facebook page to get updates and educational information.

Lydia KootChair, Hope Mountain Black Bear Committee

Letter sent to Man-ning Park staff :

I am writing to ex-press my disgust with the management of Manning Park camp-grounds this past week-end. I was camped at a site in the Lightning Lakes loop on Friday and Saturday night – Sept. 12-13. We were a party of four. Across the way a wedding party had booked several sites and they were about 100 feet through the trees from our tents.

As you know, on Friday night the wed-ding party got loud and drunk with stereos cranked and car horns honking, well past the noise cut-off time of 10:30 p.m. On and on it went until at least 2 a.m.

We kept waiting for a park ranger to come

in and shut them down – and evict them. Th ey were that loud and they kept it up that long that eviction was to be ex-pected.

Based on my expe-rience in similar pro-vincial campgrounds in Ontario, these peo-ple should have been evicted by midnight on Friday. If they were too drunk to leave, then your head rang-er should have been parked at their sites at 7 a.m. the next morning to watch them pack up and escort them out of the park.

What happened? Nothing.Your staff had to know

about this. And you had to know the wedding was to take place on Sat-urday and that another night of partying was

only a few hours away. And Saturday night proved to be worse by a factor of three.

It’s hard to describe the noise and swearing that went on.

Where was Manning Park staff ? Nowhere to be found. No park man-ager. No ranger. Noth-ing. No response.

We stopped the guy selling wood around 10 p.m. and asked him about shutting down the party. He said the night security would be around shortly and they would be quiet by 11 p.m. and shut down by 11:30 p.m.

What happened? Nothing. Seven hours of

drunken garbage waft -ing through the trees like the stink of an out-house.

Several times over the course of the night we heard other camp-ers confront the partiers and demand they put a lid on it. Th ese camp-ers were shouted at and at one point I thought one of the other camp-ers was going to get his head kicked in. It really was that ugly.

Why should someone coming to a provincial park with his family be forced into a potentially violent confrontation with a bunch of drunk-en people in the middle of the night?

What this demon-strates is a complete lack of respect for your customers. To allow this two nights in a row shows that you don’t care if people enjoy their stay or not. We paid $70 for the privilege of ex-

periencing this level of service from your rang-er staff that weekend.

Every camper with a site within 100 metres of the partiers should be contacted by your staff and given an apology, an explanation for your lack of response and a full refund.

Th is whole situation

is especially frustrating seeing that the parks in this province are mine, too. Your management team has been contract-ed to take care of this park on behalf of every-one in B.C. And this is how you do it? To allow this to happen in a B.C. park in 2014 is a joke.

Gerry Giroux

What does our health care ac-tually cover?

Th is was my situation a little while ago. My wife was trans-ported to Royal Columbian Hos-pital intensive care unit. I had used all my money to travel back and forth from Hope to New Westminster to be with my wife during her last few days.

On Aug. 4, I stopped by my MLA’s offi ce to see if he could help me in any way aft er I had left three messages for him to get ahold of me with no success. At his offi ce, I was told that he did not get any of my messages. I

told him that I only had less than half a tank of gas left and only 29 cents in my bank account. He made a couple phone calls, one of which was to a social worker at Royal Columbian. Aft er wait-ing for her return call, my MLA informed me he had to leave the offi ce.

At this point, I lost my “cool” and went back to the vehicle to “cool down.” Aft er sitting in my vehicle for about 15 minutes, his assistant came out and gave me a piece of paper that had a schedule of the transit system from Lang-ley to Royal Columbian Hospital,

which cost $4 one way. When I got to the hospital, the

social worker told me that the doctor wanted to talk to me, as my wife and I had talked about what each should do if either one ended up on life support. Th e doctor and I decided that it was time to end her life support, which I watched being done later on that night.

I am a 73-year-old senior who is very angry about the way our MLA handled my case. I got the impression he wasn’t interested in talking to me at all.

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Forest fire help tops communities’ wish list

Tom FletcherBlack Press

Coming through one of the most expensive forest fi re seasons in the province’s history, the B.C. government is being asked to re-new its fund for local governments to create safe zones around their communities.

A resolution to ex-tend wildfi re prevention funding tops the list for the Union of B.C. Mu-nicipalities convention, set for Sept. 22-26 in Whistler. It was spon-sored by the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, where fi re crews are battling the latest major forest fi re near Princeton.

Th e province’s wild-

fi re prevention fund was established 10 years ago in the wake of the dam-aging 2003 fi re season, with $37 million for a cost-sharing program. Another $25 million was provided in 2011 and that money has all been committed for lo-cal forest fuel manage-ment projects.

Th e B.C. government estimates it will spend $350 million on wild-fi re control by the end of this season. Th at was exceeded in 2003 and in 2009, the most costly season for the province with $382 million spent.

Other resolutions given priority by the UBCM executive:

• Langley City is call-ing on the province to

provide a cost recovery model for medical assis-tance calls to its fi re res-cue service. Nearly four out of fi ve calls received are for medical assis-tance. In response to a previous request, the province told UBCM its local fi refi ghters are not required to respond to medical calls.

• Th e City of Victo-ria wants to discuss the province’s changes to the Agricultural Land Commission. Nelson, Coldstream and the Central Kootenay Re-gional District have presented similar reso-lutions, calling for more consultation before changes are implement-ed.

• Northern and cen-

tral B.C. municipalitiesobject to the province’sproposal to cap indus-trial tax rates for prop-erties used in liquefi ednatural gas develop-ments. Th e B.C. govern-ment has complainedpreviously about highindustrial taxes im-posed on the forestproducts industry.

• Th e province’s newrecycling regulationshave prompted a resolu-tion on behalf of smallcommunities withoutrecycling programs. Th eFraser-Fort George Re-gional District is callingfor recycling collectionservices to be off eredwherever fees are beingcollected from retail-ers for packaging andprinted paper products.

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One of nine helicopters working to contain the Cheslaslie River fire west of Quesnel, which was discovered July 8. Covering more than 133,000 hectares, the fire was 75 per cent contained this week, with 86 firefighters and 13 pieces of heavy equipment working on it.

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Study finds ferry ripple effect hurts economy Tom FletcherBlack Press

Rising ferry fares and declin-ing traffi c are costing the econo-my millions more than the rev-enues accruing to BC Ferries, according to a study prepared for discussion at this month’s lo-cal government convention.

Based on what it is calling the fi rst ever “socio-economic” study of ferry use and costs, the Union of B.C. Municipalities executive is recommending the province reverse its November 2013 decision to continue rais-ing ferry rates beyond the rate of infl ation.

Th e report refers to passenger

declines of 20 to 40 per cent on northern routes, 10 to 20 per cent on minor routes and fi ve to eight per cent on major routes. Th e report fi nds that “ferry ridership declines run counter to the trend of transportation volume increases in most other modes of transport in B.C., in-cluding vehicle and air trans-port.”

Th e report estimates that if fare increases had been kept to the rate of infl ation, passenger volumes would have grown by 19 per cent over the past decade, adding $2.3 billion to the prov-ince’s gross domestic product.

Transportation Minister Todd

Stone and previous ministers have argued that ridership de-clines have been seen on Inte-rior ferries that charge no fares, and on other travel aff ected by rising fuel prices.

Th e UBCM executive wants the provincial government to take a “pause” in rate increases set by B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee.

Current rate caps allow for maximum increases of four per cent this year and 3.9 per cent in 2015.

Th e UBCM membership will debate the report and recom-mendations at its annual con-vention in Whistler Sept. 24.

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A review of municipal pay levels ordered by the province recom-mends the government act to help rein in rapidly escalating wages among unionized civic workers and some administrators.

Th e report by consultants Ernst & Young, released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, was con-ducted as part of the province’s core review launched last year. It found unionized municipal workers re-ceived pay hikes totalling 38 per cent from 2001 to 2012 – twice as much as the 19 per cent in raises for unionized provincial government staff . Infl ation over the same period was 23 per cent.

Th e report also notes several larger B.C. cities pay their chief ad-ministrators close to the $230,000 in pay and bonuses earned in 2011 by the average provincial govern-ment deputy minister, while that’s exceeded by city managers in Van-couver, North Vancouver, Abbots-ford and Maple Ridge, as well as Metro Vancouver’s chief adminis-trator.

Th e review didn’t consider whether city managers deserve the same pay as provincial deputy ministers, but said that should be investigated.

Provincial compensation re-straint policies that began in 2008

with that year’s recession should be reviewed and updated to poten-tially serve as a broader philosophy extending across the public sector to municipalities, the review rec-ommended.

“Th e government should do what is necessary to bring munici-pal government compensation into alignment over time, including fi -nancial levers if necessary.”

Canadian Taxpayers Federa-tion B.C. director Jordan Bateman said he hopes city councils re-form themselves and the province doesn’t need to take “extreme mea-sures” like tying provincial grants to wage restraint.

“I would see that as a last resort,” he said.

Th e report suggested the prov-ince may fi nd it harder to retain its own managers if cities pay more and Bateman said that makes the issue a legitimate concern for gov-ernment.

“If municipal wages are going up fast and they’re grossly overpaying staff , it gets hard for the province to keep their employees in place,” he said.

Unlike limits on management pay imposed across the provincial government, local government compensation isn’t coordinated or regulated, the report said, and there’s no limit on what cities can decide to pay.

Collective bargaining by cities is

generally “highly fragmented andineffi cient,” the report observed, al-lowing unions to exploit their divi-sions.

“Unions can focus eff orts onmunicipalities where outcomes aremore likely to be favourable anduse the resulting agreements toratchet up increases in other mu-nicipalities.”

Metro Vancouver’s largest citiespulled out of the regional district’sjoint bargaining arrangement in2012 in favour of more local fl ex-ibility in negotiations.

“Without a coordinated responseto organized labour, there is a realrisk that unions can divide andconquer,” the report said.

Th e leak of the report to the CTFcomes as municipal leaders prepareto gather in Whistler next week forthe Union of B.C. Municipalitiesconvention, where the provinceusually faces a barrage of fundingrequests.

Finance Minister Mike de Jongsaid in a statement the province hasreached out to the cities via UBCMto explore practical tools and mod-els that can help the entire publicservice deliver similar services atsimilar costs.

“We know many local govern-ments are looking carefully at rev-enues and ideas for new revenuestreams,” de Jong said. “Th ey needto be looking equally closely at theirexpenditures.”

Soaring civic pay criticized in provincial review

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Premier urged to accept aboriginal title B.C.-wide

Tom FletcherBlack Press

Aboriginal lead-ers opened their meet-ing with the provincial cabinet last Th ursday by urging them to resume discussions to recognize aboriginal title instead of dragging out case aft er case in the courts.

Premier Christy Clark convened the special ses-sion in Vancouver aft er visiting the Nemiah Val-ley near Williams Lake, where the Tsilhqot’in Na-tion established title in a landmark ruling in June. Clark signed a letter of understanding with the Tsilhqot’in to work on implementing the verdict of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling, the fi rst to acknowledge title to a specifi c area of what was considered Crown land.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs told the gathering in Vancou-ver that Clark’s “public platitudes” echo those of former premier Gordon Campbell in 2009 when he proposed legislation to recognize title province-wide.

Th at proposal caused the B.C. Business Coun-

cil to “set its hair on fi re” and issue “an infl amma-tory legal opinion” that derailed the eff ort, Phillip said.

In fact it was B.C. ab-original leaders who voted the proposal down four months aft er it was pulled from the legis-lature on the eve of the 2009 B.C. election.

Grand Chief Ed John of the First Nations Sum-mit recounted federal and provincial eff orts to thwart land claims cases, from prohibiting aborigi-nal people from hiring lawyers in the 1920s to the tactics used in the 2007 Tsilhqot’in trial.

Th at trial ran for 339 days in B.C. Supreme

Court, aft er 10 pre-trial motions by federal and provincial lawyers trying to have the case thrown out on technical grounds, John said. When that failed, Xeni Gwet’in Chief Roger William, the named plaintiff , was made to testify for 46 days and none of his testimony

was used by government lawyers aft er that, he said.

Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad said the Tsilqot’in letter of understanding is a com-mitment to redress issues of the past, including the “wrongful trial and hang-ing of the Tsilhqot’in chiefs in 1864-65.”

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Kinder Morgan projects impact of rupture into Fraser Jeff NagelBlack Press

A summer oil spill into the Fraser River in Surrey from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Moun-tain pipeline would mostly be swept quickly downstream and into the Strait of Georgia, with some oil reaching the Gulf Is-lands.

That projection, filed by the company as part of the risk assessment for its proposed $5.4-billion pipeline expansion, estimates cleanup could take up to five years.

The study assumed a full-bore pipeline breach just down-stream of the Port Mann Bridge releasing 1.25 million litres (more than 10,000 barrels) of diluted bitumen.

“The process of restoration and recovery could take any-where from 12 months to five years,” it said.

Oil carried downstream out of the Fraser delta “is likely to disperse to the north or south in the strait” and is “more like-ly” to reach Gulf Island shore-lines on the opposite side of the Strait than to directly affect Sturgeon or Roberts banks.

Shoreline oiling is highly likely – 60 to 100 per cent prob-ability – between the Port Mann Bridge and Annacis Island, the study says, dropping to less than 10 per cent downstream of the Massey Tunnel.

The study assumes the spilled oil will float until it strands on shorelines.

“Oil that enters salt marsh or reed bed areas may become trapped there. Although the physical effects of this oil on the vegetation may be low to me-dium, oil spill recovery effects may be equally damaging to the vegetation, as well as affecting habitat utilization by wildlife species.”

Ducks and geese would be at high risk of being harmed or killed, the study said, adding raptors, wading birds, shore-birds and swallows would face “medium” effects.

Mammals most at risk would be aquatic species like muskrat,

beaver, otter and mink.“It is assumed that some of

these animals could be suffi-ciently oiled to cause death.”

A spill in winter is more likely to be contained within the river and pose less risk to wildlife, as many species, such as fish, aren’t present or else are dormant. Kinder Morgan offi-cials have said the new pipeline could be built with more fre-quent emergency shutoff valves or thicker steel near the Fraser River crossing, which would be horizontally drilled under the riverbed.

The study cautions that it didn’t look at spill probability or take into account the vari-ous Trans Mountain prevention commitments that could reduce the likelihood or the size of an oil escape.

Georgia Strait Alliance exec-utive director Christianne Wil-helmson said the recent Mount Polley mine tailings disaster shows unexpected failures can happen.

“We have economic impacts, environmental impacts there that are going to take years to figure out and to heal,” she said.

“It’s a societal question as to

whether we’re willing to take the risk.”

Wilhelmson said the study demonstrates an oil spill could “devastate” habitat and wildlife in Georgia Strait as well as B.C.’s most important salmon river.

Richmond Coun. Harold Steves said Kinder Morgan should instead pipe the oil south from Abbotsford to Cher-ry Point, in Washington State, to avoid increased risk to the Fraser and conflicts such as its ongoing access dispute with the City of Burnaby.

“There is an oil port on our coast,” Steves said. “It happens to be in the U.S., but it’s only 90 miles away.”

He said the City of Richmond is an intervenor in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion application because it fears an oil terminal on the Fraser in Surrey is Kinder Morgan’s backup plan, if the Massey Tun-nel is replaced and the river is then dredged to accommodate bigger ships. Kinder Morgan also modeled a pipeline rupture near Hope, projecting oil could foul shorelines and vegetation as far as 100 kilometres down-stream along the Fraser.

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The Fraser River estuary near Ladner. A new study says oil spill cleanup from the proposed $5.4-billion pipeline expansion could take up to five years.

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Public Notice is given to the electors of the District of Hope that nominations for the offi ces of:One Mayor and six Councillorsfor a 4-year term (December 2014 to December 2018), will be received by the Chief or Deputy Chief Election Offi cer or a designated person, as follows:

LOCATION: 325 Wallace Street, Hope, BC, V0X 1L0DATE AND TIME:9:00 am September 30, 2014 to 4:00 pm October 10, 2014Excluding Statutory holidays and weekendsNOTE: Time will be based on clock located within the Municipal Offi ce.

Nomination documents are available at the District of Hope offi ce effective September 8, 2014 during regular business hours from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualifi ed to be nominated, elected, and to hold offi ce as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:- Canadian citizen;- Will be on general voting day, 18 years of age or older;- Resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months prior to the date of

nomination (residency is defi ned in LGA s.51);- Not disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment

from being nominated for, elected to or holding the offi ce, or otherwise disqualifi ed by law;

- A person or the commander of an armed forces unit who has been granted freedom of the municipality, if that person is a Canadian citizen (does not apply to regional districts).

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:Donna Bellingham, Chief Election Offi cer604-869-5607, local 321Heather Stevenson, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer604-869-5607, local 312

NOTICE OFNOMINATION

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Rise of wearable tech raisesdistracted driving fears

Jeff NagelBlack Press

Th e rollout of the new Apple Watch has police and provincial offi cials monitoring whether B.C.’s distracted driving law is broad enough to bust drivers who use new wearable technology.

“We haven’t seen anyone using Google Glass or other wearable electronics yet, but I think it will only be a matter time before we start seeing it more frequently, especially as new products enter the market,” Delta Police Acting Sgt. Sarah Swal-low said. “It will be something we need to monitor,” she said. “Th ese things are only going to get more and more popular.”

Apple’s smart watch was unveiled Tuesday along with new iPhones and the device will allow users to read and send texts, among many other functions.

Swallow is concerned the use of smart watches may not be covered under the sections of B.C.’s distract-ed driving law that ban the use of handheld electronics.

“Something like a watch that is designed to be used on your wrist or Google Glass – they’re not designed as handheld electronic devices.”

Th ere’s also a section of the law

that bans drivers from using any electronic device, not just handheld ones, to send or receive email or texts, but that covers just two of the functions of the new gadgets.

Police can also use the Motor Vehicle Act section against driv-ing without due care and atten-tion but, unlike the distracted driving law, of-fi cers must see evidence of risky driving to issue the $368 fi ne and six penalty points. Police have long had that ability to fi ne drivers who swerve while they adjust stereos, juggle a hot cup of coff ee or scold children in the backseat, but the $167 distracted driving fi nes have been used much more frequently since their 2010 introduction.

Sam MacLeod, B.C.’s Superinten-dent of Motor Vehicles, said his of-fi ce believes the current distracted driving law is broad enough to cap-ture Google Glass or smart watches, but added the defi nition of prohib-ited devices could be expanded if needed.

“We will continue to monitorthe eff ectiveness of our legislationagainst these new technologies andwill make changes if needed,” Ma-cLeod said. “We are obviously con-cerned about the development ofany technology that could distract

drivers fromfocusing on theroad and thetask of driving.”

ICBC lastmonth blamedcrashes causedby distracteddrivers as onefactor for a pro-posed 5.2 percent increasein basic insur-ance rates. On

average, 30 people a year are killedin distracted driving crashes in theLower Mainland, and 88 province-wide.

It’s the second leading cause ofcar fatalities aft er speed and now isnarrowly ahead of impaired driv-ing.

“It’s still unfortunately all aroundus,” Swallow said. “It’s like impaireddriving was 20 years ago. It’s goingto take a major mindset shift forpeople to put the phone down andrealize this is a killer.”

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“We will continue to monitor the e ectiveness of our legislation ... and

will make changes if needed. ”

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 78 (FRASER-CASCADE) 2014 SCHOOL TRUSTEES ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualifi ed to be nominated, elected, and to hold offi ce as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria:- is a Canadian citizen;- is 18 years of age or older on general voting day November 15, 2014;- resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are fi led; and- not disqualifi ed under the School Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding offi ce as a trustee, or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law;For further information, please contact:Natalie Lowe-Zucchet, Chief Election Offi cer 604-869-2411Eldie Smith, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer 604-869-2411Natalie Lowe-ZucchetChief Election Offi cer

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Trustees (7 total)3 - Agassiz-Harrison Electoral Area3 - Hope Electoral Area1 - Canyon Electoral Area

will be received by the Chief Election Offi cer or a designated person, as follows:

By hand, mail or other delivery service: District Education Offi ce, 650 Kawkawa Lake Rd, Hope, BC V0X 1L4From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 to 4:00 pm October 10, 2014 excluding statutory holidays and weekends.By fax to: 604-869-7400 By email to: [email protected] From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 to 4:00 pm October 10, 2014

Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Offi cer by 4:30 pm on October 17, 2014Nomination Forms are available during business hours from August 22, 2014 at:

District Education Offi ce, 650 Kawkawa Lake Road, Hope, B.C.District of Kent Offi ce, 7170 Cheam Avenue, Agassiz, B.C.Harrison Hot Springs Village Offi ce, 495 Hot Springs Road, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C.

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UFV celebration continuesTh e University of the Fraser

Valley continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary year with sev-eral community events in Sep-tember and October.

Since starting out as Fraser Valley College, holding classes in storefronts and church base-ments 40 years ago, UFV has grown into a multi-campus uni-versity serving more than 15,000 students annually.

Th e fall celebrations kicked off last Friday at the Chilliwack campus in Canada Education Park. Th e bluegrass and barbe-cue-themed event included live music, food vendors, a market-place, kids play zone, and tours of the new Agriculture Centre of Excellence. Th e musical lineup featured Greenwood, Headwa-ter, Viper Central, and Th e Pa-perboys.

On Saturday, it was UFV Day at the Chilliwack Corn Maze with a full-day of family fun and activities in celebration of the anniversary. Admission to the maze was by donation, with all proceeds going to UFV’s Chang-ing Lives, Building Communities Endowment Scholarship.

UFV then hosted a 1970s-inspired party yesterday (Sept 17) at the Abbotsford campus on King Road. Th ere was a ret-ro costume contest, live mu-sic, marketplace, kids zone and more. Th e band lineup included Taxmen (a Beatles tribute band), Lightning Dust, and the Boom Booms.

Th e festivities now move to Hope tomorrow (Sept. 19) for a Family Fun Day running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UFV Hope Centre, 1250 Seventh Ave. Th is

free event includes face-painting, bouncy castle, arts and craft s, popcorn, cake, and a free book for every child in attendance.

UFV will also mark the 40th anniversary in Mission by team-ing up with Mission Community Services for the annual Celebra-tion of Light, at the Clarke Th e-atre at the UFV Mission campus at Heritage Park Centre on Oct. 21, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Th e cel-ebration will include food, craft s, music, dance and lively enter-tainment from diverse cultures. Th ere will also be a photo booth and giant birthday cake! Th is is a free event but donations of non-perishable items for Mis-sion Community Services Food Centre will be accepted.

For more information on the 40th anniversary celebrations, visit ufv.ca/40

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Family Fun Day at Hope Centre on Sept. 19

Hailing from Yellow-knife, N.W.T., singer/songwriter Leela Gil-day will be opening the Harrison Festival Society’s 26th season of performing arts on Oct. 4

Gilday’s passionate voice takes listeners on a musical journey where freedom and joy balance sorrow and in-justice.

Her lyrics, reflec-tive of her northern roots, embrace the es-sence of Dene (an ab-original group of First Nations who live in the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Can-ada) life from an urban perspective.

“She really embodies her songs,” said Andy Hillhouse, Harrison Festival Society artis-tic director. “Her raw honesty and emotion resonates powerfully with the audience.”

Gilday strives for that connection with her audience and with each record brings more unique stories to the world. Whether it’s an anthem for the op-pressed, or an upbeat song about mortality, she infuses her songs with a sense of humour as well as a sense of social justice, and an ironic appreciation of human folly.

“Her singing ranges from tender folk bal-lads, to R&B and gos-pel stylings, to chill-in-ducing chants inspired by Dene song,” said Hillhouse.

Her four-piece band

featuring Jason Burn-stick (guitar) Paul Yee (bass) and Elliott Polsky (drums), has toured fes-tivals and concert halls through ev-ery province and territory in Canada.

In 2011, she per-formed on the Beach Stage for the 33rd An-nual Harrison Festi-val of the Arts both with her band and as part of the New Di-rections: An Aborigi-nal Collaboration. She has also played inter-nationally in several countries including Japan, United States, Greenland, Denmark,

and New Zealand. Her live shows, and

many appearances on television and radio,

have earned her an impor-tant place in the Aborigi-nal music scene, as well as a loyal mainst re am following.

Gilday has many na-tional awards including a

Juno and Western Ca-nadian Music Award for her second album Sedzé. She was named Aboriginal Female En-tertainer of the Year (2011) by the Aborigi-nal Peoples Choice Music Awards, and was the Musical Director for the National Ab-

original Achievement Awards Finale (2012, CTV).

Gilday’s perfor-mance at Harrison Memorial Hall start-ing at 8 p.m. is part of the CD release tour for her much anticipated fourth album, Heart of the People. Tracks from the album will be performed live with her full band and cop-ies of the new CD will be available for pur-chase.

Tickets for Gilday are $22 and can be pur-chased online at www.harrisonfestival.com, by phone at 604-796-3664 or in person at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison and Agassiz Shoppers Drug Mart on Pioneer Ave.

Dene singer opens Harrison Festival season

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Sedins bring cash to AgassizJessica Peters Black Press

When Daniel and Henrik Se-din walked out of Kent elemen-tary’s library doors and into the playground on Saturday after-noon, the cheers could be heard from well down the block. The NHL superstars hadn’t an-nounced their visit, as it was meant to be a small, intimate event to celebrate the opening of the new playground.

For some young fans, the celebration was too good to be true.

“I just can’t believe this,” one child said, running toward the playground. It’s hard to know whether his excitement was over the brand new play equip-ment, or the visiting Canucks.

Saturday marked the offi-cial launch of the Sedin Family Foundation, of which Agassiz and Mission are the first benefi-ciaries. The twins chose to kick off the foundation with two ap-pearances in Agassiz, delight-ing fans of all ages at both Kent elementary and the new Kent Community Recreation and Cultural Centre.

They signed jerseys, mugged for photo ops, cut ribbons, and even managed to play a little shinny with some lucky Agassiz residents.

But the main reason for the visit was to promote the founda-tion. Earlier this year, an anony-mous donor for the Kent play-ground project was announced, with a generous contribution of $50,000. That pushed the proj-ect to near completion, a task that may have otherwise taken years longer, through raffles

and other fundraising efforts.By this weekend, those do-

nors were no longer anony-mous, and praise abounded for the Sedin families’ generosity.

“We were stunned and over-whelmed,” principal Stan Wa-tchorn said, when they initial-ly found out they were being paired with the Sedin family. “It’s a blessing indeed.”

“This goes to show the type of people they are,” said school trustee Ron Johnstone. “They are great role models for our youth. It’s nice to see profes-sional athletes be something other than professional athletes; they are community contribu-tors.”

The Sedin Family Founda-tion was established to support children’s health and education with a focus on family wellness. It’s mandate is to serve the en-tire province. It was launched as a way for the Sedins to thank the people of British Columbia for everything they have done for the two Canucks players and their families. It is funded primarily by the Sedins, with partners who help them have a greater impact on the commu-nity.

The visit to Agassiz also in-cluded a stop at the nearly-finished Community Recre-ation and Cultural Centre. The foundation has donated to that project, as well, paying for the purchase of all the equipment in the gymnasium.

In return, the District of Kent is planting a tree in their hon-our on the grounds, and install-ing a plaque to commemorate the donation.

The centre is expected to

open at the end of this month.Their final job while in town

was to have some fun. Twoteams were formed, with oneCanuck on each side. A massiveaudience had gathered insidethe gymnasium, and the roomfilled with cheers as each teamscored. For local residents, itwas the first chance to have alook inside the new facility.

When it all ended, a few luckyaudience members were able tomeet Daniel Sedin as he signedjerseys, hockey cards and otherCanucks paraphernalia.

“We love living and playinghockey in Vancouver,” HenrikSedin said.

“Johanna and I are very happyto help the kids and families ofBritish Columbia through ournew foundation.”

In addition to the Agassizdonations, they also helped outthe Mission Possible CyclingProgram in Mission by provid-ing several new mountain bikesfor that program. Several of thekids involved in Mission Pos-sible had a chance to meet theSedins at Kent elementary onSaturday as well.

The event at the elementaryschool included a free lunchfrom Agassiz Subway.

The project has had manyother supporters, includingAllenby’s, and Mountain Insti-tution. A previously blank ce-ment wall was painted over thecourse of three days by a Moun-tain inmate, under the watch ofa prison guard. Allenby’s pro-vided all the paints and suppliesfor that portion of the project.

For more information, con-tact [email protected].

Community

Daniel Sedin signs a jersey at Kent elementary school. The jersey will remain on display at the school to commemorate the Sedin Family Foundation’s donation to the playground project there. The foundation donated $50,000, enabling the project to be completed years ahead of schedule, over the summer.

JESSICA PETERS / BLACK PRESS


COMMUNITY CALENDAR

MONDAYHope Al-Anon Group: Al-Anon supports friends and families of problem drinkers. Monday, Sept. 22 8 p.m. Fraser Canyon Hospital meeting room 1275 7th Ave. 604-869-7078

[email protected]

TUESDAYSenior keep fi t: Th is fi t-ness class is designed for seniors, and uses weights and bands for strength training. Chairs are also used to support the

participant. Th is class has been ongoing for 15 years. Tuesdays and Th ursdays at 9 a.m. Golden Ager’s Hall 560 Douglas St. [email protected]

Tops Meeting: Powerful support group for weight

loss and lifelong health. Weigh-in 5:30-6:50 p.m. Meeting 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23. Anglican Church Hall 681 Fraser St. [email protected]

Conversation Circles: If you’re learning English

and want to practice speaking with other people in a friendly, casual place, come join us for coff ee! Th ere will be guided weekly discussions about Canadian culture, food, current events, and a variety of other topics. Tuesday, Sept. 23 10:30

a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th [email protected]

Boston Bar Library Storytime: Introduce kids to the love of books and language with Storytime. Children and caregivers

will enjoy interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and more. Storytime prepares children to learn to read. Tuesday, Sept. 23 2:30 a.m.Boston Bar Library 47643 Old Boston Bar Rd. 604-867-8847

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DISTRICT OF HOPE2014 TAX SALE

The following properties will be offered for sale by public auction at a Tax Sale to be held in the District of Hope Council Chambers, 325 Wallace Street, Hope, B.C. on Monday, September 29, 2014, at 10:00 a.m, unless the delinquent taxes owing are paid:

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Hope Community Choir: Hope Community Choir is a mixed secular choir who sing for the sheer joy of

singing. Come and join us. Tuesday, Sept. 23 7 p.m. Hope United Church 310 Queen St. 604-869-8435 [email protected]

WEDNESDAYLittle Reader’s Th eatre: What’s even better than a storytime with pup-pets? Being able to play with those puppets. Th is interactive preschool storytime is just the ticket for playing with literacy. Props, puppets and books are just part of the fun. Wednesday, Sept. 24 9:30 a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]

Parent Child Mother Goose: Discover fun with rhymes, songs, and stories! Th is is an interac-tive program for babies 15 months and younger and caregivers. Mother Goose helps your baby learn speech and language skills. Healthy snacks are provided. Registration appreciated. Wednesday, Sept. 24 10:30 a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th [email protected]

Weight Watchers: New Weight Watchers com-munity meeting in Hope. Wednesday, Sept. 24 5:30 p.m. Fraser Canyon Hospital1275 7th [email protected]

Spiritual Economics: What is spiritual econom-

ics? Peter Dexter Quaw, Traditional Chief, MT, MBA, PhD International Business (in progress), will be on hand to answer that very question. Traditional indigenous economics is a holistic practice that engages a whole com-munity and provides a quality way-of life for all its members. Th e essential underpinning is spiritual-ism that is embedded in all actions of the tribe’s members. Can we say the same for the communities we live in today? Chief Quaw holds the title of Traditional Chief of his tribe the Klheidli Dene in Prince George, B.C. He has worked for indigenous organizations, non-indig-enous organizations and non-profi t organizations at a local, provincial, na-tional and international level. He also has worked for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as an economic expert. Wednesday, Sept. 24 6:30 p.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. 604-869-2313 [email protected]

Yale Library : Come join us for discussion, coff ee, sharing of seeds etc. and socialize! Wednesday, Sept. 24 7 p.m. Yale Li-brary 65050 Albert St. 604-863-2279

THURSDAYSenior’s Coff ee and Conversation: Join us for a cup of coff ee, tea, and homemade treats. You’ll enjoy some interesting

and lively conversation. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hope Library. No membership required, just stop on by. Th urs-day, Sept. 25 10:30 a.m. Hope Library 1005A 6th Ave. [email protected]

Knitting for Begin-ners: Th e perfect project to gear up for fall! Chunky knit cowls are a great and quick knit for beginners and for winter gift ing. Th e $55 class includes a gorgeous skein of chunky yarn, your own set of Japanese bamboo needles, cowl pattern and one hour of instruction to get you well on your way on your project! Th ursday, Sept. 25 7 p.m. Wild Rabbit & Handmade 454 Wallace St. 604-860-9278carli@wildrabbitfl owers.ca

FRIDAYTops Meeting: Powerful support group for weight loss and lifelong health. Weigh-in 8:15-9:10 a.m. Meeting 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19. Angli-can Church Hall 681 Fraser St. [email protected]

SATURDAYNestlé Waters Canada Hope Community Open House: Come out and meet our team and learn more about our business by taking a

guided tour through our plant. Th e aft ernoon’s festivities will include a free barbecue and product sampling, water education, face-painting, a caricature artist and much more, including the opportunity to dis-cuss good nutrition with registered dietitian and author, Karlene Karst. Th ose participating in the tours must wear fl at closed-toe shoes for their protection. Saturday, Sept. 20 12 p.m. 66700 Othello Rd.1-888-565-1445, ext. [email protected]

SUNDAYHappy Knit Group: Bring your knitting and share in the conversation about patterns and projects, ideas and yarns. Begin-ners and all abilities are welcome so head on down to the library to spend some time chatting with other knitters at this cozy fi reside knitting circle. Sunday, Sept. 21 1:30 p.m. [email protected]

Mark Sullivan and Trio: Th ree-time Canadian Fiddle Champion and Grammy nominee returns to Christ Church. For advance ticket sales contact Darla. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Sunday,Sept. 21 2 p.m. Christ Church National Historic Site 681 Fraser Ave. [email protected]

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HOPE MOUNTAIN CENTRE PHOTO

Volunteers rake gravel on the new “Fort Trail” at Coquihalla River Park on Saturday, connecting Fort Street and Kawkawa Lake Bridge. Organized by Hope Mountain Centre and Tri-West Contracting, in collaboration with the District of Hope, the event attracted 26 adults and kids over two days. The 400-metre trail is now ready for hikers, bikes, and strollers. There will be more finishing touches added this fall, as the trail network is connected to a new bike skills park.

Trail improvements

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Choppers kick off season with new players

Tomas Chichoni of the Valley Choppers gets bodied off the ball by Kenroc’s Hans Kreitner in Chilliwack men’s soccer league action at Tzeachten field on Sept. 8. Chichoni, a Rotary exchange student from Argentina, scored the Choppers’ first goal but Kenroc went on to win 4-2. The Choppers, sponsored by Hope’s Valley Helicopters, have picked up five new players this season.

BARRY STEWART / THE STANDARD

Sports

Barry StewartHope Standard

Hope’s Valley Choppers have kicked off their eighth seasonin the Chilliwack men’s soccer league, picking up at least fi venew players.

Last year, the club was helped by a visiting Spanish exchangeteacher, Javier Sanchez, who led the team in scoring until hewent back home in November.

Th is season, two South Americans have joined the Choppers.Derek Lecaros and Tomas Chichoni are in Chilliwack as highschool students for the year, sponsored by Rotary International.Lecaros is from Peru and Chichoni from Argentina.

Chichoni took quite a beating from rough and sloppy tacklesin his fi rst two games on Canadian soil — even getting punchedtwice — but he also got the fi rst goal of the season for the team,which had a 2-2 half-time tie against Kenroc, before eventuallylosing 4-2.

“I am from Olavarria City, in Buenos Aires province,” saidChichoni, age 17. “In Argentina, I play volleyball on a team.I play football… soccer only with my friends on a small fi eld,fi ve-on-fi ve.”

Coming from totally Spanish-speaking communities,Chichoni and Lecaros have done remarkably well at fi tting inwith the Choppers.

“I have learned English in Grade 10 and 11,” said Chichoni.“And I go to the institute aft er school to study English, for threehours a week.

“I wanted to come on the exchange to learn about more cul-tures,” added the Argentine. “It is a good experience for my life.”

Zane MacDonald, one of only three Choppers still on theroster from the inaugural year, was chosen as team captain in apost-game ballot last Saturday.

“I talk the most and I’m the loudest, so I fi gured I’d put myname in,” said MacDonald, jokingly. “I think I was captain onmy novice hockey team… so it’s been a while.”

Speaking of the Choppers, MacDonald said, “We have a goodcore group of returning people and the new players should help.

“Our challenge is a lack of deep background in the game.We’re kind of green. Th e 4-2 loss against Kenroc was a goodsign, though. It wasn’t 8-0 or 9-0 like it has been in the past.Scoring has always been a problem for us.”

Aft er Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the perennial league-leadingYoung Guns, the Choppers’ keeper, Kyle Kjemhus posted histhoughts on the club’s Facebook page.

“I’ve been on this team since the current iteration was estab-lished eight years ago. During that time, we haven’t had a lot ofsuccess. We had a couple of years where we were in the middleof the pack but most years we were in the bottom third of thestandings.

“Th ose of us who’ve been around a while have seen all kindsof diff erent losses. In my opinion, there is only one kind of lossthat is unacceptable: a loss in which the team gives up or getsoutworked by the opposition.

“We have had three games so far this year and, yes, all ofthem were losses… but they were the right kind of losses. Loss-es where we battled until the end; losses where we learned fromour mistakes; losses where we picked our teammates up insteadof knocking them down.

“If we continue to put in the eff ort that we put in today, andplay a team-fi rst game, we will see results. Keep those heads up,stay hungry and confi dent, we’ll get ours soon enough.”

Next up for the Choppers is Old Settler, this Saturday(Sept. 20) at 2 p.m. on the upper Tzeachten fi eld on BaileyRoad in Chilliwack. For scores and schedules, the league’sweb address is http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=chwkmsl&sid=38879664


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Our beloved mom, nana and friend has passed away at the age of 84 years. She was born in Wimbledon, England and lived there until she emi-grated to Canada in 1956 as a nurse. She had lived through the war and been evacuat-ed many times. She lived in Windsor, Ont. before moving to B.C. She and Georg retired to Hope in 1989 and they both loved their life here, living on the river. So many good friends and lasting memories from a life well lived.

She leaves behind her three children and many grandchil-dren: Daniel (Tasha, Nick, Bran-don, Tyler); Marianne (George) Preston (Sarah, Scott, Rebecca, Jeremy and Colin) and Anita (Grant) Malensek (Emma, Ryan, Aiden, and Erin) of Colorado.

She also leaves behind her two loving brothers; Nicholas Ka-vanagh (England) and Richard Kavanagh (Zambia). She will be missed by all those who loved her. A special nod to Agnes in Hope for caring and checking

on mom regularly, and to Hen-nie DeWitt (Surrey) for being her best friend for 52 years.

Thank you to Dr. Christie and Mike at Pharmasave for taking care of mom's fragile health during her fi nal years and to the home support ladies who helped care for her in her home.

Special love for the grandchil-dren in her life no matter how close or far. May the bond that you all share with Nana remain ever strong. A special thanks to Jeremy for being Nana's constant companion and friend. Your kindness and gift of time allowed her to remain young and connected to life.

We will all miss her warmth, humour and her love for family. A great woman and a great friend. You will live forever in our hearts.

My heart and soul. Sleep well mama!

A small remembrance was held at her home on Sep 13 and an inurnment will be held at a later date.

Catherine "Cathy" Patricia BrueckertMarch 24, 1930. - September 10, 2014

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7 OBITUARIES

SCHIFFER,Lorraine Bertha

April 10, 1947 - Sept. 5, 2014

Lorraine Schiffer passed away on Sept. 5, 2014 in New West-minster BC. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and had been living in Hope for the last 2 years.Lorraine is survived by her husband Eric Holopainen.A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 11:00 am at Martin Brothers Funeral Chapel, 1270 Ryder St., Hope BC.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

7 OBITUARIES

TRAUN, Irene MargaretAugust 26, 1928 -

September 02, 2014

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Irene Margaret Traun at Fraser Can-yon Hospital, September 2nd 2014 with family by her side.She is predeceased by her loving husband of 57 years, Frank “Bud” Traun, brother Russel (Dolly) , sister Helen (Robert) , brother in law Bob, and sister in law Bernice.She is survived by her son Glen (Charmaine), grandsons Sheldon (Sarah), and Craig, sisters Dallas, Ruby (Law-rence), niece Debbie, brothers Roy (Della), and Don, as well as several in laws, nieces and nephews.Irene was born on August 26th, 1928 in Scotsguard Sas-katchewan. She worked as a telephone operator in Swift Current, and married Frank in 1952, she then followed him to Hope BC, where they made their home.Grandma enjoyed spending quality time with her grand-sons, curling and bowling. Irene will be greatly missed though she will remain in our hearts. There will be no ser-vice as requested by Irene.The Traun family would like to thank their wonderful friends and relatives for their kind words, fl owers and visits. As well our heartfelt gratitude to the staff at Fraser Canyon Hospital and Fraser Health Home Support.In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Hope Hos-pice in Irene’s name.

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A22 Hope Standard, Thursday, September 18, 2014

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130 HELP WANTED

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Toll-free 1-866-575-5777


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland

604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services.

338 PLUMBINGBLUE’S PLUMBING, got the plumb-ing blues? reno’s, service work, hot water tanks. Call (604)750-0159

DAVE’S PLUMBING, licensed, in-sured, gas fi tter, for all your plumb-ing needs. Call (604)869-4566

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

374 TREE SERVICES

PHILLIPS TREE SERVICES, Re-movals, Toppings. Free estimates & Fully Insured. Call 604-702-8247

377 UPHOLSTERY

ROGER’S UPHOLSTERY, furni-ture, windows, fabric, in-home & on-line estimates. Call 604-860-0939

387 WINDOWSFRASER CANYON GLASS, for all your glass repairs, windshields do-mestic & imports. (604)869-9514

PETS

468 LIVESTOCK

DORPER Cross Sheep fl ock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250-397-4126.

477 PETS

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

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

GOLDEN RETRIEVER (with eye & hip cert.) and silver pug available for stud service for pick puppy back (ethical people only need respond) 604-820-4827

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

P/B GERMAN ROTTWEILERSReady Sept. 21st. Vet checked.

$500. each. 778-899-3326

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALEELECTRONIC cigarettes provide an alternative to traditional tobacco products. www.customejuice.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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

Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast Relief In One Hour. Sleep At Night. Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

SEIZED Vehicle Auction- Sept 20 @ 10:30am- 50+ Various Vehicles- www.allcityauctioneers.com

STEEL BUILDINGS...”GIFT-CARD GIVE-AWAY!” 20X22 $4,358. 25X24 $4,895. 30X30 $6,446. 32X32 $7,599. 40X46 $12,662. 47X72 $18,498. One End wall In-cluded. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

563 MISC. WANTED

FIREARMS. All types wanted, es-tates, collections, single items, mili-tary. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960-0045www.dollars4guns.com.

STAMPS. DO you have stamps but are not a collector? Want to sell? Email: [email protected]

REAL ESTATE

609 APARTMENT/CONDOS

BY OWNER. Built in 2012. Top fl oor. 1059 sqft. 2bdrm & 2bath. 2 parking. Fraser Hwy & 160St. $307k. 778-386-6708 Becky.

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES BC• All Prices • All Situations •

• All Conditions •www.webuyhomesbc.com

604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

HOPE, Needs work, 1 bedroom mobile home, $500, 2 bedroom mo-bile home, $5000. In senior’s com-munity. Call Gordon (604)240-3464

New SRI *1296 sq/ft Double wide $94,888. *New SRI 14’ wide

$69,988. Repossessed mobile homes, manufactured homes & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Bridal Falls. 2 bdrm apt shared laundry, gas F/P. Utilities, ba-sic cable included. NS, NP. References required. $825/m +1/2mo DD. (604)794-7876

RENTALS

733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

HOPE, 2 vacant pads for rent in senior’s community. First 3 months free pad rent. Call Gordon 604-240-3464

HOPE, Silver Hope Mobile Park. Cabin, Mobile homes, and R/V pads for monthly rentals, cable in-cluded. Call (604)869-1203 or (604)860-0652

736 HOMES FOR RENT

HOPE, 2 bdrm house in Silver Creek, $750/month incl. electricity. Call 1-604-525-1883.

HOPE2 bedroom home plus den, and a 2 bedroom 2 bath with addition in seniors community.

Call Gordon 604-240-3464

HOPE, 3 bdr home 1 block to downtown. Cov. carport, garage & basement, sm. yard. NS,ND, no pets $950/mo. Refs req’d. [email protected]

HOPE, 3 bdrm townhouse 1 1/2 baths, fenced back yard, F/S, W/D, full basement, attached storagearea. Rent includes heat. N/P, N/S

604-869-9402 or 604-869-1432

Yale - Hope BC - 2 bdrm. house. Unfurnished. $700/mo. including utilities. Please E-mail: [email protected] or phone (1)250-608-1867.

752 TOWNHOUSES

HOPE, 3 bdrm townhouse, 1 1/2 bath, full bsmt, No Pets, $900/mon. Call 1-604-858-4629

SILVER CREEK, 2 bdrm, newly re-no’d, ground fl oor, back yard, car-port, $900/mo including utilities, Call 1 (604)858-4629

757 WANTED TO RENT

REAL PROPERTY Management A FORBES TOP 10 FRANCHISE Re-sidual Revenues, Proven Systems for Sales, Marketing & Operations. Full Training & Support Provided. LOW INVESTMENT - Call - 604-718-2640 FOR MORE

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SITE OPERATIONS ATTENDANT CONTRACT

The Fraser Valley Regional District is requesting proposals from interested parties for the operation of the Harrison Mills Transfer Station. The transfer station provides garbage and recycling services to the local community and is located at 14050 Chehalis Forest Service Road in Harrison Mills on the north side of highway #7 (Lougheed Highway). The FVRD will negotiate a 3 year contract plus optional 2 year extension with the preferred proponent to begin November 16, 2014.

The Site Attendant will be required to assist residents with dropping off bags, checking identi cation, maintaining records, handling cash, issuing receipts, general site cleanup and maintenance, coordination of bin hauling and other duties as detailed in the RFP document. The Request for Proposal #14016 Harrison Mills Transfer Station Operation is available on the FVRD website at www.fvrd.bc.ca or by email from [email protected]

Interested parties must submit completed proposal documents no later than 2:00 pm Friday, October 3, 2014. Submissions can be via email or by hard-copy to FVRD, 45950 Cheam Avenue, Chilliwack. For any questions regarding this RFP please contact either James Storey at 604-702-5039 or Christine Cookson at 604-702-5044.

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today! 1.800.910.6402

Auto Financing Dream Team - www.iDreamAuto.com or call 1.800.961.7022

812 AUTO SERVICES

HOPE AUTO BODY, complete colli-sion repair & restoration. www.ho-peautobody.ca Call (604)869-5244

836 OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

SIWASH Sports and Rentals Quad rentals, travel trailers, tent trailers and utility trailers. Booking up fast for hunting season call now for de-tails 604-402-GUNS (4867)

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

pick a part

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size

vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673SCRAP CARS & METALS - CA$H for CARS Up to $300. No Wheels - No Problem! Friendly & Professional Service. Servicing the Fraser Valley 1-855-771-2855

The Scrapper

851 TRUCKS & VANS

KEY TRACK AUTO SALES

Abbotsford

30255 Cedar LaneDL# 31038 604-855-0666

2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE2 dr, auto, a/c, power lock. STK#564 $2,495.2003 HONDA CIVIC4 dr, auto, full load. STK#615$2,900.2007 DODGE CARAVAN7 psgr, auto, fully loaded. Only this week! STK#546. $3,900.2004 TOYOTA ECHO4 dr, sedan, auto, a/c. STK# 612. Only this week! $3,995.2006 PONTIAC MONTANA7 passenger, auto, loaded STK#554. $5,900.2007 DODGE CALIBER, 4 dr, auto. STK#602. $5,900.2004 FORD EXPLORER 4 door, 4X4, auto, 7 passenger, fully loaded, STK#470 $6,900.2005 HYUNDAI SANTA FE AWD, 4 dr, auto, only 140km, STK#371. $8,900.2009 DODGE AVENGER, 4dr fully loaded. STK#532. $8,900.2009 JEEP COMPASS, 4 dr, auto. STK#606. $10,900.2010 NISSAN SENTRA, 4 dr, sedan, auto, full load. ST#609. $11,900.2008 CHEV 1500 LT. Crew cab, 4 X 4, auto, short box, ful-ly loaded. STK#600. $16,900.2009 FORD F150. Super crew 4dr, auto, 4 X 4, loaded. STK#492. $16,900.

33166 South Fraser WayDL# 40083 778-908-5888

1999 VW JETTA 4 dr auto, fully loaded. STK#619. $3,900.2003 FORD FOCUS 4 dr, au-to, Aircared, STK#545, $3,900.2002 FORD EXPLORER 4X4, auto, full load. ST#585 $5,900.2007 DODGE Caravan 7 psgr, Aircared, STK#524 $5,900.2003 HONDA ACCORD 2 dr, auto, full load, ST#586 $6,900.2007 FORD FUSION 4 door auto, loaded, A/cared, ST#321 $6,900 2007 KIA RONDO 4 dr, auto, 7 psgr, leather, runs good, STK#424. $10,900.2009 TOYOTA COROLLA 4 dr sedan, loaded. No trade. STK#504. $10,900.2006 FORD F350 XLT quad cab, 4X4, auto, diesel, only 156K STK#17. $12,900.2010 DODGE JOURNEY 4 dr, auto, loaded, 7 psgr. ST#428. $13,900. 2007 FORD F350 XLT Crew cab, diesel, 4X4, auto, short box only 162K. STK#126. $14,900.2007 FORD F350 LARIAT crew cab, diesel, 4 X 4, auto short box. STK#275. $16,900.

Financing Availablewww.keytrackautosales.ca

HOPE

307 7th AveSat., Sept 209 am - 4 pm

General Garage Sale items

HOPE

680 Willow StSat., Sept 208 am - 1 pm

Moving Sale

HOPE

707 River ParadeSat., Sept 2010 am - 3 pm

infra red sauna, riding lawn mower, collectible plates, etc

HOPE

Douglas Stbetween 5th & 6th Ave

Sat., Sept 208 am - ??

Block Garage Sale

Ruby Creek

58605 Lougheed Hwy

Rockface Trailer ParkSat. Sept 20

10:30am - 2:30 pm

SILVER CREEK

61803 Yale RdSun., Sept 219 am - 1 pm

NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE

Lots of great stuff cheap!

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This month’sDistrict News

September 2014

Council Briefs

“Experience Hope”325 Wallace Street, P.O. Box 609 Hope, B.C. V0X IL0 Phone: 604-869-5671 Facsimile: 604-869-2275 Toll-Free Phone: 1-866-226-4673

Email: [email protected] Website: www.hope.ca. Follow us on &

AUGUST 25, 2014 COUNCIL MEETINGPublic HearingA Public Hearing was held to hear input on Offi cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1338, 2013 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No.1352, 2014. Th e purpose of Bylaw 1338 is for general housekeeping purposes and to add recently approved zones to the Table of Concordance and Development Permit Areas. Th e purpose of Bylaw 1352 is general housekeeping to provided expanded clarity.

Committee of the Whole Meeting Station House Business Case ProposalMs. Tammy Shields, Executive Director, AdvantageHOPE, reviewed the background and history of the Station House, and presented Council with a Business Case proposal for the Station House to have the ownership transferred to the District of Hope and enter into an agreement with the Provincial Government to occupy the land and building. AdvantageHOPE also provided a recommendation analysis for them to take over the management of the site, as well relocate the Visitor Centre and Museum to this location.

It was agreed that a Special Meeting will be held on Monday September 29, 2014 to further discuss the feasibility of the Station House Business Case Proposal, as presented by AdvantageHOPE.

Traffi c Bylaw 17/95 – Section 4.13 – Timed ParkingTh e streets or portions of streets named in Schedule “D” to this bylaw are designated as two-hour parking areas between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; however, no signs are posted.

Staff was directed to conduct further research on this matter and report back to Council

Regular MeetingStaff Reports:District of Hope New Brand MarkCouncil approved a recommendation from the Chief Administrative Offi cer to endorse the proposed District of Hope Brand Mark (logo) and that stationery and forms be modifi ed to refl ect this new mark.

2014 Bridge Rehabilitation ProjectsCouncil passed a motion directing staff to proceed with the Flood Hope Bridge Rehabilitation Project in 2014, and that $53,000, plus any additional taxes, be added to the project budget to ensure completion.

Bylaws:Council gave third reading to District of Hope Offi cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1338, 2013 and District of Hope Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1352, 2014.

Landfi ll Closure InformationTh e Grand Opening of the new Transfer Station and offi cial closing of the Landfi ll was held on September 4, 2014. Th is is one of the most challenging projects for the District in recent memory. Th e success of this project was with a public private partnership (P3) model where no provincial grant funding was used to complete this project worth approximately $4.5 million.Some important information and interesting facts are listed below.Time Line2009 – Ministry of Environment Notice of Non-Compliance Received2010 – Landfi ll Study Recommended2011 - First Nations leaders attend tour of site2011 – Consultation with First Nations leadersJune 2012 – Landfi ll Options Study completedJune 2012 - Study/report presented to CouncilAugust 2012 – Public HearingDecember 2012 – JJM Proposal receivedDecember 2012 – Council Landfi ll Committee and CAO study feasibility of proposalFebruary 2012 – Council approved Closure PlanFebruary 2012 – Fraser Valley Regional District approved change to Solid Waste Management Plan to facilitate the projectJanuary 2013 – Initial Closure Project Design completedFebruary 2013 – Initial Transfer Station Project Design completedApril 2013 – Ministry of Environmental Approval receivedApril 2013 – Construction beginsAugust 2013 – Regular collection waste diverted directly to AbbotsfordDecember 2013 – New Leachate Treatment System operationalAugust 2014 – Project CompleteAugust 2014 – New Transfer Station Operator contractedOne Time CostsOriginal Budget - $458,946 (leachate control system and transfer station)Addition for design changes - $350,000Construction of Plateau – $39,000Total - $847,946On Going Costs (estimated annually)Post Closure Monitoring - $56,000Facility Maintenance - $10,000Total - $66,000One Time Savings to Close Now Option with JJM (estimated)Capital to operate, construct working leachate treatment system, close the landfi ll and environmentally conform funded solely by District Taxpayers - 8 – 25 million dollars depending on when closure would occur (2022 through 2047)Annual Operations SavingsOngoing operations costs - $400,000 Annual Landfi ll Closure Reserve Contribution - $175,000Plateau Storage of clean fi ll - $160,000Total – $735,000Aims of the ProjectCome into compliance with environmental regulations (i.e. stop polluting)Conduct the inevitable closure in the most economical way Provide a durable and economical transfer station Reduce overall operating costs to the DistrictTh e District wishes to thank all those who supported the project including:JJM Construction Ltd.Sperling Hansen Associates Inc.Fraser Valley Regional DistrictMinistry of EnvironmentFirst Class Waste Services Inc.Mr. Earl Rowe

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 COUNCIL MEETINGHope RCMP Quarterly ReportStaff Sargeant Bruce Anderson, Offi cer In Charge for the Hope/Boston Bar Community Police Offi ce, was in attendance to present his second Quarter Report, covering the period April, May and June, 2014. Th e quarterly report highlights Community Policing Report, Crime Statistics, Keep of Prisoners, and a Victim Services Report.

Our Lady of Good Hope CemeteryMrs. Mary Lou Jacobs addressed Council regarding past and future practises at Our Lady of Good Hope Cemetery.

Staff Reports:Size of Council ReductionCouncil gave third reading to District of Hope Size of Council Reduction Bylaw No. 1350, 2014 and passed a motion that a referendum question for the 2014 Local Government Election be set as:“Are you in favour of the District of Hope Council adopting District of Hope Size of Council Reduction Bylaw No. 1350, 2014, in order to reduce the size of Council from a Mayor and six (6) Councillors TO a Mayor and four (4) Councillors, eff ective for the 2018 Local Government Elections?”

2014 Bridge Rehabilitation ProjectsCouncil passed a motion that the required $53,000 for the Flood Hope Bridge Rehabilitation Project be taken from the following budgeted 2014 capital funds:Approximately $5,000 remaining from the mower broom purchaser$15,000 from the Public Works fencing project$10,000 from the diagnostic tools and mobile crane fundTh e remaining funds from the Johnson Road Ditch and Road Repair project (as this project will not be completed in 2014).

Bylaws:Council adopted District of Hope Offi cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1338, 2013 and District of Hope Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1352, 2014.

Next Meeting: Tuesday October 14, 2014 • 7:00 p.m. in the District of Hope Council Chambers

Hope Standard, September 18, 2014

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