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BY JASON ROESSLEMission Record

This past Saturday’s earthquake off Haida Gwaii is another re-minder to Mission residents to be prepared for any type of natural di-saster, or widespread infrastructure breakdown.

It is recommended you know the safe places to which to flee at your work and in your home in case an earthquake strikes, said Asst. Chief Larry Watkinson, Mission Fire/

Rescue Service.“Talk to your family and co-

workers and make sure they know how to use a fire extinguisher,” he added.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Haida Gwaii at 8:07 p.m. and was located 139 kilometres south of Masset.

If the event had caused more widespread damage, it’s conceiv-able no one would come to your aid for at least 72 hours, said Wat-kinson, underlining the need to

be personally prepared to care for yourself and family.

A minimum of four to six litres of water per person, per day is the basis of a home kit.

Other suggested additions would be a portable, battery-oper-ated radio, flashlight, candles, es-sential medications, toiletry items, and a crescent wrench that would be used to shut off the gas at your meter.

Also, weather appropriate cloth-ing should be stored in your home

and vehicle kits in case you have to walk somewhere else.

In Mission, the emergency op-erations centre (EOC) is activated immediately during any type of crisis, said Watkinson.

Located at fire station one on Seventh Avenue, the seismic-pre-pared structure can continue op-erating even if there is power loss due to its generator.

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BY CAROL AUNMission Record

A 1.49 per cent property tax increase plus a two per cent utilities hike is being proposed for 2013.

The total impact on the average home in Mission ($391,000) is $51.31.

A 1.49 per cent increase will give the district $396,000 to help reduce its $17-million debt (as of Dec. 31, 2011).

This year’s budget addresses debt retirement which frees up funds for future infrastructure

maintenance and replacement, said Kerri Onken, Mission’s deputy treasurer/collector.

Mission had borrowed money to build a fire hall, emergency operation centre, Leisure Centre, Sports Park, and water and sewer infrastruc-ture. Now some of that debt is up for renewal.

“At the 10-year anniver-sary, we can pay down or pay off the debt so we don’t incur future principle and in-terest payments,” said Onken, noting not all of it is up for renewal in 2013, but the dis-

trict’s strategy will be imple-mented over the next three years.

The plan will see $5.7 mil-lion from reserves used to pay out existing debt in 2013 and 2014, which would save about $4.5 million in interest over 10 years. Water utility would be debt free in 2014, rather than 2024, and sewer utility would be debt free in 2016, rather than 2024.

Service levels in Mission will be unchanged as the dis-trict is implementing differ-ent processes to save money.

The district’s restructuring eliminated 6.3 positions ear-lier this year, which provides an ongoing savings of about $600,000, according to Chief Administrative Officer Ken Bjorgaard in his report. He also added another $409,000 in savings were found through detailed department reviews.

The budget also allows for two new positions, manager of asset/infrastructure and a manager of citizen engage-ment and corporate initia-tives, at a cost of $218,933. Additional support for eco-

nomic development, transit and snow removal were built into the budget. The district’s top three operating expendi-tures are public safety (33 per cent and a budget of $13.4 million), Parks, Recreation and Culture (14 per cent; $5.6 million), and Administration (13 per cent; $5 million). Pub-lic safety includes RCMP and fire/rescue service, while ad-ministration includes council expenses, financing, corpo-rate administration, purchas-ing, and municipal buildings, excluding the Leisure Centre.

Most of these items are not paid for through taxation, ex-plained Onken. For example, user fees pay for the majority of the costs to run the Parks, Recreation and Culture de-partment.

The top three items, paid by taxation, are policing ($9 mil-lion), public works ($3.4 mil-lion) and fire/rescue service ($2.5 million).

District staff will present the proposed budget to the public Nov. 5 before a council meeting inside council cham-bers at 6 p.m.

Man falsely claiming to be from CC Society

BY CAROL AUNMission Record

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is warning supporters not to hand over donations to a man claim-ing to represent the organization in Mission.

“We’ve had reports from three different people say-ing a phoney canvasser is going door to door asking for donations,” said Carissa Halley, the CCS team lead of annual giving.

The man has photocopied receipts from CCS with the tracking number blacked out, she added.

The incidents took place last week near Badger Av-enue, and again near Dann Avenue a couple of days later. The residents who reported the canvasser were aware CCS only goes door to door for donations in April, said Halley, adding police have been contacted, and the suspect is described as a young male, clean shaven and carrying a backpack.

Anyone who has been approached by this suspect is asked to call the RCMP.

If you would like to make a donation to the CCS, visit cancer.ca, or the local CCS office on First Av-enue.

Proposed budget presented Monday night

Remembrance Day evokes a variety of memories and feelings from people.

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Voices of protestLeft to right: Madelyn, three, and her sister Evelyn, six, stood with their parents on First Avenue in front of MLA Randy Hawes’ office last Wednesday afternoon. A small contingent of protesters brought their handmade signs and a banner decrying the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline that could wend its way through the region if approved. Mission’s Ryan Loop brought his two daughters to join the group. “I believe strongly in not having a pipeline through our province,” said the Mission resident. “I don’t think it’s a good idea.” Opponents to the plan gathered in front of MLA’s offices throughout B.C. last Wednesday to voice their disapproval of Enbridge’s proposal. A massive sit-in protest happened Monday at the B.C. Legislature. JASON ROESSLE PHOTO


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Police are still trying to piece together the last details of Muriel Anne Elaine Monk’s life.

The 47-year-old was found dead in her mo-bile home in the 34000-block of Lougheed Highway around 4 p.m. Oct. 4, but RCMP do not have many more de-tails to share, said Sgt. Jennifer Pound, spokes-person for the Mount-ies’ Integrated Homi-cide Investigation Team (IHIT).

“It’s not evident ex-actly what happened,” she said.

Pound would not share the results of the autopsy performed Oct. 9.

“We’re still looking for public assistance on this,” said Pound.

The police are still trying to find the vic-

tim’s vehicle, a green 1997 Dodge Caravan with B.C. licence plate 662RTH.

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RCMP homicide investigators were called to a mobile home on Lougheed at the beginning of October where a woman’s body was found.

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A Mission man who was wanted on a war-rant was arrested by Ab-botsford Police on Friday afternoon.

Mission RCMP issued a news release Oct. 24 asking for the public’s help in locating Thomas

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A plan is being floated to clear gravel-clogged Fraser River chan-nels that are preventing log booms from being towed down river, said Abbotsford-Mission MLA Randy Hawes.

A group of forestry industry repre-sentatives, government ministry of-ficials and tug boat operators went upriver last Thursday to see the prob-lem first-hand.

“It looked like there are three to four spots where it should be cleaned,” said Hawes, who organized the trip.

The consensus was that scuffle dredging — where gravel is moved to either side of the channel and not removed — would allow the river to revert to its original path, and to “self-scour again,” he continued.

This work would be strictly to ad-dress transportation and navigation, and does not deal with flooding.

There is approximately 50,000 board metres of wood boomed and

sitting in the river. Since the passages aren’t deep enough to allow a tug boat access, the logs would need to be trucked out, at a cost of about $15 per metre.

This “unsustainable cost” to the forestry companies will force some to shut their doors and lay off staff. Additionally, the extra logging trucks on the road contribute to more envi-ronmental degradation, said Hawes.

The three-term MLA said the feder-al government used to scuffle dredge until 1987, and work in the river halted altogether in 1996. In 2002, the provincial government pushed to start gravel removal in the river and received approval from Fisheries and Oceans Canada in select sites.

It hasn’t been sufficient, said Hawes.

A plan is being hashed out between companies that work on the river and the government — including a biolo-gist who would say where it’s safe to work — and once it’s completed, Hawes hopes to see the endeavour completed by February.

BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

BC Hydro is getting close to the end of its installation of 1.7 million wireless electricity me-ters, but the “smart grid” won’t be functional until next spring.

Until then, meters will still be read manually or consumption estimated for billing purposes. And for one more win-ter storm season, people will still have to call BC Hydro to report a power outage, before the grid begins automatic meter-ing and reporting of elec-trical failures.

Cindy Verschoor, BC Hydro’s communications manager for the smart meter program, said about four per cent of the meter installations re-main to be done, mainly

on the Gulf Islands. Some of the old meters remain in locations around the province, either because they are inaccessible or because owners have re-fused new ones.

Manual meter readings will be checked against automatic readings dur-ing the testing phase, to verify accuracy. Ver-schoor said there have been six meters replaced due to inaccurate read-ings or other defects, but generally the new meters are more accurate, and they eliminate human errors in reading or en-tering data required for mechanical meters.

“All of our meters have to be certified by Measurement Canada, which is a consumer pro-tection agency, just like the pump at the gas sta-tion and the scale at the

grocery store,” she said.While BC Hydro owns

the meter, the base and connections are part of the owner’s electrical system and can be placed anywhere. In some cases, garages or decks have been built over meters, and if they can’t be read, the bill is based on an estimate until a wireless meter is installed.

Verschoor said only two customers out of more than one million have opted to have the meter located away from their home. Those who refuse for whatever rea-son have their installa-tion placed “on hold” while their concerns are addressed by BC Hydro.

After media reports of fires associated with the program, BC Hydro commissioned a study of residential fire reports by

Surrey Fire Chief Len Garis and researcher Joseph Clare. It shows that electrical fires have declined since the in-stallation of new meters began.

Damaged meter sock-ets are usually the own-er’s responsibility, but BC Hydro inspects them at the time of installation and offers to fix them at no charge if they are dam-aged. So far, 1,200 meter bases have been replaced.

A house fire in Mission last spring took place three days after a smart meter was installed. Ver-schoor said the fire is still under investigation by the B.C. Safety Au-thority, but the meter has been ruled out as a cause. Despite media reports to the contrary, there have been no fires attributed to smart meters, she said.

Smart meter installation nearly doneAlmost 1.7 million smart meters have been installed across British Columbia. RECORD FILE PHOTO

STORIES BY CAROL AUNMission Record

Minor sports organizations that use the Mission Sports Park will be meeting with the district to discuss proposed user fees.

At a presentation to council Oct. 22, Dan Williams, president of Mission Minor Baseball (MMB), stated his group is “vehemently op-posed to user fees.”

The biggest problem, he said, is this will deter kids from low-income families from signing up.

“These kids need sports the most and benefit the most,” said Wil-liams, noting being a part of a team helps children build self esteem, civic pride and be a part of the greater community.

There are programs such as Kid Sport and Canadian Tire’s Jump-start which help kids access sports, but there are not enough funds in those programs for everyone, Wil-liams added.

In addition to sponsoring about eight or nine per cent of players,

MMB also runs a Challenger Pro-gram for disabled children with cognitive and physical disabilities at no cost to the participants or their parents.

“It’s as much a program for par-ents as it is for the kids,” said Wil-liams, adding parents get a bit of respite. “It’s the most rewarding baseball you’ll experience … ev-eryone’s smiling, everyone’s having a ball. That’s the way it should be.”

The Sports Park was built on budget, but still has drainage is-sues. Williams pointed out a user fee denotes there is a service or product provided, but the work at the Sports Park is done on a donation basis. “This park in no different than Centennial Park — the only difference is you have dedicated volunteers.”

Mission doesn’t charge to use the tennis courts, water park at the Lei-sure Centre or the skateboard park.

“There are no staff costs involved in running baseball,” he continued. “We have no receptionist, lifeguard or Zamboni driver. The grass gets

mowed once a week and we have a resident caretaker.”

Field sports organizations that use the park will be meeting with district staff Nov. 14 to discuss the issue further.

Councils ‘united’Mission and Abbotsford are re-

newing the commitment to the re-gional water and sewer partnership.

Both councils will work on man-aging and extending the regional water supply.

They recognize that there has been a downward trend in water usage over the past few years due to the success of water conserva-tion efforts, and that development of a new water source can now be deferred for the foreseeable future, according to a joint press release from the two communities.

Mayor Ted Adlem says that he “believes that the councils are unit-ed when it comes to regional water issues and that both communities are stronger and better off when they work together.”

MMB opposed to user fees

Plan aims to scuffle dredge parts of Fraser

Mission’s two shelters, Haven in the Hollow and Rivendell, are asking for donations of hotel-sized toiletry items.

These may be dropped off at Mis-

sion Community Services, 33179 Second Ave., Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 604-826-3634 for more information.

Toiletry donations sought for shelters


BC Liberal delegates gathered for their con-vention on the week-

end at the Chateau Whistler, the same luxury hotel where Gordon Campbell fired up the troops in 2008.

Back then the advertis-ing slogan was “Keep B.C. Strong.” Unveiled at Premier Christy Clark’s pre-election pep rally: “Together. Build-ing B.C.”

This slight change hints at the big difference. Campbell led a front-running party to a third straight majority, while Clark is a struggling under-dog pleading for unity to turn back an NDP tsunami.

Hence “Free Enterprise Friday,” a discussion open to non-party members. Clark began with an upbeat speech urging party members to “reach out our arms, open the tent and be as big as we can possibly be.”

So did they? Dashing be-tween three concurrent ses-sions, I missed a fair amount of it, but there were some provocative suggestions to appeal to those inclined to support the resurgent B.C. Conservatives.

An accountant spoke to a packed room about the

growing unfunded liability of public sector pensions, most of which are still of the “de-fined benefit” variety. Based on bond interest rates that have since sunk to all-time lows, these government-guaranteed pensions are now a free ride for those lucky enough to have them, funded by the taxes of private sec-tor workers who in many cases have no pension plan at all.

There was talk of passing a law that all new pub-lic sector hires be restricted to a “defined contribu-tion” plan where the employee and employer contribute equally and the pension is based on what those contri-butions yield. This would provoke the mother of all confrontations with the B.C. Federation of Labour, but there was no evidence yet that this is going beyond the talking stage.

The resolutions continued the theme of confronting the labour movement, ritual com-bat that seems to be an ines-

capable part of B.C. elections.Delegates passed two mo-

tions, one calling for public sector unions to disclose what they spend on salaries, political activities and lobbying, and another advocating a ban on unions spending compulsory dues on political campaigns.

This is a pet project of Nechako Lakes MLA John

Rustad, whose constituency sponsored both

motions. Rustad presented a private member’s bill last year to require de-tailed disclosure, but it was left to die on the order paper.

Like all the policy resolutions debated at the convention, these ideas are not binding on the government. Again, there is no actual

change on the horizon.Delegates rejected an-

other motion that would have made membership in the B.C. Teachers’ Federation optional. This would have been a declaration of war on B.C.’s most militant union, just as Clark and Education Minister Don McRae embark

on a long-shot bid to end the decades of confrontation that have defined that relationship since teachers were relegated to the industrial union model of labour relations.

There was a brief debate on a motion to scrap the carbon tax, sponsored by northern members who see it as unfairly punitive on those who endure cold weather and long highway drives for themselves and the goods they need to have trucked in.

This was rejected too, after delegates were reminded that the tax now takes in more than $1 billion annually that is used to reduce business and personal income taxes. Scrapping it would amount to announcing across-the-board income tax hikes, contradicting 12 years of BC Liberal policy just before an election.

The good news for Clark is that the 2012 convention was a high-energy, well-attended event that contradicts the no-tion of a party in disarray.

The bad news is, nothing has really changed.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for

Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

No trade treaty talkVirtually every MLA’s office in B.C. was targeted

by protesters on Wednesday, as opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline intensifies. These pro-tests follow a protest outside the Parliament Build-ings in Victoria last Monday, Oct. 22.

While it seems unlikely that Northern Gateway will proceed, given not just the massive opposition but also an almost complete lack of support from First Nations, who legally have enormous clout over projects such as these, there is no lack of people willing to step up to the plate and object.

Unfortunately, they seem to be ignoring another looming policy decision that may have even more of an effect on B.C. resource projects.

The federal government is about to ratify a Cana-da-China investment treaty. While the treaty grants some additional rights to Canadian companies doing business in China, it also grants sweeping additional authority to Chinese companies in Canada.

It would be nice to know what actual powers this treaty will grant China and Chinese companies in Canada. If Northern Gateway were turned down, for example, and it was proposed by a Chinese com-pany, what kind of recourse would it have?

How are disputes to be resolved? What kind of compensation is due to a Chinese

company that feels it hasn’t received fair treat-ment from a provincial or local government? And how do state-owned Chinese companies fit into the puzzle?

The agreement may be very benign and not have the negative impact that some people are suggesting. The trouble is, no one really knows.

Many Chinese companies are very interested in Canadian resources. Citizens need to know how this treaty will affect the ability of Canadian govern-ments to make decisions affecting those resources.

Little new in BC Liberal renewal

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Editor, The Record:Open letter to MP Randy Kamp:I would like to express my un-

equivocal disagreement with the proposed deal — FIPA, the Cana-da-China Foreign Investment Pro-tection Agreement — that your government has tabled with China.

While I may not agree with a number of political decisions, I rarely, if ever, write to express my views.

I have read a variety of articles on this subject and they all ap-pear to agree that Canada will lose basic rights over determina-tion of the use of its resources. The reports I have read represent a

variety of points of view.The news about how this agree-

ment allows other countries to make legal demands on the man-agement of Canadian lands and business has completely shaken my faith in this country’s govern-ment to maintain a free life for its citizens.

I am a multigenerational Cana-dian and I am very proud to say so. I have never wanted to be a citizen of any other country because I be-lieved we had the best place in the world to live.

There has been a constant strip-ping away of the rights of indi-viduals in Canada due to pressures

from other countries. And now, your government is planning to allow other countries to tell us how we may manage our land and resources, to the extent of penal-izing Canada.

We have almost everything in our stores made in other countries, it is past time to enable our Ca-nadian people to produce value-added products and trade freely within Canada.

While we do need trade, we do not need it the form of any agree-ment like FIPA.

Absolutely unacceptable.Kim Allen

Mission

Agreements like FIPA should not be accepted by the government

Editor, The Record:Something that I don’t

often write about anymore is the illegal drug activities in Mission and in every other community in this province. That’s because with the courts and legal system acting as little more than enablers there doesn’t seem much point.

The dangers of the drug trade are already known. The strains of pot have become toxic in more ways than one. Toxic with the ingestion of chemicals used to enhance the effect and to speed up the growth of the plants. And toxic to our community with the underground drug econ-omy invading every street including my own when a grow-op rip-off went bad last year.

The drug gangs are al-

most always males of a cer-tain age where responsibil-ity to anyone else doesn’t usually factor into their lives. And once hooked on the easy money, how many would have the guts to give it up? Not many, even if they try to project an image of respectability to stay under the radar.

Do these people ever stop to think of what they are doing to their kids? Do they keep pretending it’s harmless both as a product and as an activity? Is your lifestyle so great that you want your kids to follow in your footsteps?

If you think you have no responsibility in all that — and much more — then you are just deceiving yourself.

Robert T. RockMission

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Heights Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Ventures would like to extend our appreciation to the community for sup-porting Apple Day.

This is one of Scouts Canada’s biggest commu-nity appreciation events. It provides youth with an op-portunity to show their appreciation to the general pub-lic for the support throughout the

year. Our youth distribute apples as a way of say-ing thank you to the community.

We would like to especially thank Fruits and Greens Market and Wil-low View Farms for their generous donation of apples, and Fraser Valley Building Supplies and Safeway Can-ada for allowing us to set up outside of their locations.

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BY JEFF NAGELBlack Press

Fishery observers pre-dict more trouble ahead for already struggling salmon runs in B.C. if Fisheries and Oceans Canada goes ahead with leaked plans to elimi-nate a third of its habitat biologists in the Pacific region.

DFO’s fisheries pro-

tection branch would be slashed from 90 to 60 workers, according to internal documents.

“A few years ago they had 120, so we’re looking at a 50 per cent reduction,” said Otto Langer, a former DFO biologist and habitat as-sessment manager.

The cuts are part of a broader move by Ottawa to balance the budget in part through reduced spending in the federal civil service.

But Langer said fewer front-line scientists will leave salmon in B.C. rivers and streams dan-gerously exposed to ecological damage from pollution, development and other threats, such as disease and overfish-ing.

“I think they’re try-ing to save industry from any hassles in get-ting approvals,” he said, calling it a reflection of the “anti-science, anti-environment” bent of the Harper government

as new oil pipelines are pursued as a national priority.

Langer said the ability to protect the environ-ment will be further hit because many senior bi-ologists are to be offered buyouts or transfers and be replaced with more junior ones.

“You’re probably los-ing 33 per cent of your staff and probably 80 per cent of your experi-ence.”

A large habitat pro-tection office in New Westminster would be eliminated and other of-fices and staff would be cut upstream along the Fraser River, he said.

Plans to reduce DFO’s budget by approximate-ly five per cent were leaked more than a year ago, but few observers expected the hit to be so heavily focused on habitat biologists.

Watershed Watch Salmon Society execu-tive director Craig Orr said the cuts come after earlier federal moves this year to loosen en-vironmental assessment rules and weaken the fish habitat protections contained in the Fisher-ies Act.

“There’s going to be

far fewer people in the federal government to look after fish habitat,” Orr said. “It seems to be part of a larger man-date of government to downgrade environmen-tal protection.”

DFO representatives could not be reached for comment Monday.

Federal staffing levels were raised as a concern at the Cohen Inquiry into the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon.

Evidence from DFO memos showed some staff in Interior field of-fices had been warning for years they were un-able to keep pace with proposed developments that could threaten habi-tat and they could no longer pursue lesser vio-lations that would have previously been pros-ecuted.

One report on habi-tat enforcement tabled with the inquiry showed the number of patrols, sites checked and viola-tions observed plunged at least 75 per cent each after previous DFO staff cuts were imposed in 2005.

The Cohen report was released Wednesday after The Record’s press deadline.

Fisheries cuts to hit fish habitat protection officesLoss of biologists a risk to salmon, critics warn

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BY PHIL MELNYCHUKBlack Press

Angus Jones has his letter. It’s in black and white, dated July 26, 2012 from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern De-velopment Canada and it’s on government sta-tionery and bears the sig-nature of deputy minister Michael Wernick.

And it says sorry – for putting him through the hell of life in St. Mary’s Indian Residential School in Mission.

“On behalf of the Gov-ernment of Canada … I wish to apologize to you and your family for all of the pain that you and your family have suf-fered as a result of your attendance at St. Mary’s.

“I recognize that you have carried this burden for far too long and the burden is properly ours as a government, and as a country.”

Jones spent eight years at the huge school that once dominated the hillside in Mission. He was from the Mt. Cur-rie band, near Pember-ton, and was sent there in 1950, when he was 10 years old, although the school’s records say he only got there in 1952.

From what he can re-call, the uprooting began when his band got a let-ter from the government, saying that children all had to be sent to the resi-dential school.

In a way, Jones was a little lucky. Mission wasn’t far from Mt. Cur-rie. And his four broth-ers and three sisters were sent to St. Mary’s.

“People got separated. They went to Kamloops, Williams Lake.”

Not that it made much difference. His fam-ily didn’t have money to visit anyway.

Jones saw Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper de-liver the televised apol-ogy to school survivors during an historic meet-ing in the House of Com-mons in June 2008.

“That was good enough for everybody, but not for me. I wanted

to see it physically,” said Jones.

So he asked the gov-ernment for a written apology for everything he went through.

The effects of life in St. Mary’s have stayed with him his whole life, he says, adding the Roman Catholic Sisters of St. Ann, who ran the school, also should apologize.

Even though he had a job as a court worker for 17 years in the Mount Currie and Pemberton area, helping other for-mer residential school survivors, Jones lived as a hermit for two decades in the bush, without elec-tricity and running water. He’d jump in the lake for his shower.

He’s been running away for 60 years.

“Too ashamed to stay in one spot very long. This is the longest I’ve stayed in one place – six years,” he says, referring to his Maple Ridge home in Baptist Towers.

In the In-Shuck-ch

Nation newsletter out of Deroche, his daughter Lucinda wonders if her dad really survived St. Mary’s.

“Is his real life/soul lost and buried at the residential school?” she asked in an excerpt from her education thesis from six years ago.

“What are we seeing, is it really just a hollow form of Angus Jones, a product of residential school?”

He lives alone in the woods and he never vis-its, she says.

Later, she notes he’s improving and his face glowed with “kindness and love.”

Jones, 71, doesn’t want to talk too much about his time at St. Mary’s. Each person’s experience in the school was unique.

“Each person is differ-ent and received differ-ent treatment over there.”

But he hasn’t forgot-ten and is trying to re-member as many details as he can and put them

into print so others know what happened.

Jones says the deputy minister told him he was the first to ask for such a letter.

While residential school survivors, includ-ing Jones, under the In-dian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, have received cash pay-ments for their years in residence, the money was quickly spent. Many have since died.

The letter is more im-portant than the money, he says.

“To me it is.”He wants all residen-

tial school survivors to ask for a letter for apol-ogy.

“When they admitted it was their fault and not mine – it really lifted a load off my shoulders on that day.”

Receiving the piece of paper, holding it, reading it, brings to an end those years.

“I’m going to frame it.”


Apology letter received by Jones for lost years

Angus Jones shows off the apology letter sent to him by the federal government. COLLEEN FLANAGAN PHOTO

The gravy train is over for federal MPs after all 308 Members of Par-liament agreed on pension changes Friday.

“I hope people see it as a genuine attempt for us to pay our share,” Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission MP Randy Kamp said Tuesday.

Starting next year, the annual amount MPs contribute to their pen-sion plan will start increasing beyond the $11,000 they now pay, which make up about 14 per cent of the con-tributions that go into their plan.

By 2017, MPs will be paying $35,000 into their plan yearly, which will be half the total contributions.

“We believe that we should be compensated fairly, but not too gener-ously, because obviously taxpayers are paying for that.

“This is a way for us to pay our share.”

The eligibility period for which MPs can also collect their full pen-sion also changes. Now they’ll have to work to 65 before sitting back and collecting full benefits, whereas cur-rently 55 is retirement age.

“So we’re going to start to pay more, but the key age of 65 is not

going to become active until after the next election.”

That will be in October 2015.According to the Canadian Tax-

payers Federation, if Kamp retires in 2015, after serving 11 years, he’ll earn a yearly pension of $55,290 – or $1.19 million over a lifetime.

That number shouldn’t change, Kamp said Tuesday.

The House of Commons voted unanimously on the change Friday, passing all three stages of the bill after the Liberals made that suggestion.

“It happens every once in a while,” when all parties agree, Kamp added.

His basic salary as MP for 2012 is $157,731. He earns another $15,834 as parliamentary secretary to Fisher-ies Minister Keith Ashfield.

That’s been frozen for the past three years.

The freeze of MP salaries was part of the first budget under the Econom-ic Action Plan, Kamp pointed out.

Last summer, the taxpayers launched a national “Fed up?” bill-board campaign, telling taxpayers they’re dishing out $24 into MPs’ pension plans for every dollar con-tributed by the politicians.

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Mission RCMP members and staff sported red shoelaces last Thursday to show their support for Special Olympics.

Be A Fan Day (Oct. 25) is a way for Special Olympics BC to thank the law enforcement community for its support through events such as the Torch Run, held annually the last week of June.

“Special Olympics has partnered with police for 25 years,” said Rogine Battel, RCMP’s support services supervisor, who has been involved with the program for the past 14 years.

“As many people working today are wearing red laces to show their support.”

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Flu shot clinics have started in Mission, with the next happening Nov. 1 at the Leisure Centre.

While seniors are particularly vulnerable to the flu, every year otherwise healthy children also become seriously ill or even die because they didn’t get a flu shot, according to Fraser Health Author-ity (FHA).

Local residents are reminded that the flu shot is provided free of charge to those at highest risk of severe flu illness, as well as those who have close contact or are caregivers.

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1/2 Duplex - Incl. HST!1/2 duplex with detached double garage is an excellent family setup. Open con-cept + den on main. 4 bdrms up! 3 full baths! Full un�n. bsmt w/separate entry & roughed-in plumbing. $349,900


1/2 Duplex - Brand new!4 bdrms up! 3 baths, den on main! Un�nished bsmt w/separate entry & roughed-in plumb. 2 storey + bsmt for you to customize! Brand new & affordable living! Det dble garage. $349,900

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Extreme Value in Abbots.Fantastic top �r. 1 bdrm unit has some upgrades, laminate �oor. Transit right at your door. Walk to all ammenities. Well run building has been nicely updated.$89,000

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Brand New with a View!2 storey new home with bsmt and stunning views in great neighbourhood! 5 bdrms + 3-1/2 baths. Crowns! Granite! Close to university, schools, new shopping area! $699,500

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Maple Ridge–Albion AreaBeautiful 2 storey + full bsmt. Quartz stone counters, open kitch to “great rm” Custom f/p! 4 bdrms up, den on main, room for in-laws! Lane access, detached garage. $499,500

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Bring the Horses!Totally private country setting! 2 storey log home w/full bsmnt, great layout. Views to east, lush landscape/ingrnd pool, hot tub, barn, double garage/workshop. City water. $989,000

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“Eagle Mountain”Very open �oor plan w/great kitch granite, 5 baths, 5+ bdrms, unbelievable master w/w-i shower & sep tub. 2 master suites up. Totally �nished bsmt, covered deck up & patio. $948,000

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View, View & More ViewCustom home on 2.84 acres backs onto greenbelt. Total PRIVACY! 12’ ceiling in LR, cont, kit. w/granite & SS appl. Master/ensuite + 3 bdrms up. Fin. bsmt. w/sep ent. 5 min. to Maple Ridge. $945,000

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4.48 Acres Extreme PrivacyCustom built, 2-storey w/bsmt home & 3 car garage in Stave Falls. Master on main, vaulted ceilings, hi-ef�cient furn & wood stove. For those who prefer to live away from city craziness, between Mission & Maple Ridge. $929,000

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2+ Acres Holding Property2.21 acres with future townhomes development potential! Excellent holding property in Cedar Valley area. $849,900

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Seller Motivated!18.8 acres in a prime location. Desireable acreage is located in the ALR. Please do not disturb or enter property without an appointment. $839,000

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Amazing Outdoor Living!Just under an acre w/custom outdoor living area! Covered outdoor kitchen/BBQ center w/granite tops! Hot tub! Sprinkler system! 50’ RV pad! Detached shop! Inside is hardwood. $799,900

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Future Multi-Family!!Big Corner (2 road fronts)! Great multi-family site with rezoning. 2 small revenue houses generate income while in re-zoning process. Great location - Hurry on this one!!! $799,900

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Fantastic 5 Acre Hobby FarmAll �at usable fenced land, 2 rd frontages, 60x40 shop w/high ceiling, bring the horses! Custom 4 bdrm, 3 bath rancher. Bright kitchen, sep. family rm, lvg rm, full bsmt/crawl sp 7’. $785,000

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5.85 Acres - Maple RidgePerfect for a hobby farm, 3 12x12 horse stalls, tack & hay storage, workshop & 96x55 ft riding arena. 2700+ sq. ft. well-maintained 2 storey home w/5 bdrms & 3 1/2 baths. Spacious kitchen has fabulous new counters, upgraded sink. $739,900

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6.45 Acres Mission/MRBeautiful 6.45 Acres close to Mission/Maple Ridge Border. Cute little house with separate Studio!! Fabulouse set up for the Artist/Privacy Seekers! Potential to Sub-divide. $699,900

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Log Home RetirementNestled on 2.3 acres. 14’ rock f/p in great rm. leads to covered outdoor liv. area. Home theatre & built in pine library. Exercise room. Kitchen has wood cabinets. Fab. master suite! 31/2 baths! $699,500

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A Must See Backyard!High end amazing �oor plan! Spacious foyer, beautiful workmanship! Gourmet kitch granite! Huge pantry! 4 bdrms up. 5 pce master ensuite. Games rm! Landscaped yard. Upscale loc. $679,500

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2 Acres + Room for Nanny!Priced to sell!! 2 storey w/full bsmnt. 2 acres for privacy, anials, hobby farm, truckers. Min to shopping! Lots of updates! 4 baths. Hurry on this one! $634,500

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Surrounded by Dev..93 acre right in town. Buy, hold or develop!! Many possibilities!! Superb location. $594,900

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Cul-de-sac, Quiet Street!Family home on super sized 8560 sq. ft. lot. 2 storeys w/full bsmt. Bring the in-laws, the grandparents & extended family. Quality �nishings throughout. Excellent ideal location. $589,500

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5 Bdrms on 1.34 Acres!Close to town & amenities, 2200+ on main, tons of room for the family! 5 bdrms, 3 baths, huge rec rm/games rm. Outdoor area with fruit trees and landscaping. Room for parking. $549,900

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Location, Location!80x90 corner lot, walking distance to transit, schools & shops. Top of the line 2 yr old kitch. has lots of cabinets, tile �rs & newer appl. Bathrms updated. New sundeck. $519,900

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Its Got It All!!Bsmt entry. 3 bdrm + den for main. White Maple sanded kitchen w/blank antique island. Main �oor walks out to private backyard. Master suite w/5 pce ensuite. 2 bdrm in-law suite. $499,900

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Magnificent 10 AcresTreed with views! Little cabin on the property. $495,000

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Investment Property!Just under 1/2 acre in area of newer homes. Rancher on 4 foot crawl space. Tidy up and live in it for awhile or explore the sub-dividing options of this property. $489,000

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5 Acres of Total PrivacyView, view, view!! Long priv. drive/w, no neighbours!! 2 bdrm. mobile. Look out to Chilliwack, wraparound decks, 2 full baths, vinyl wind., oak kitch. & more. Potential subdivision. $489,000

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Your Own Man Made Lake“Waterfront” 2 homes on 8 acres in private wooded setting!! Contemporary house in peaceful and serene surroundings. Hurry on this one of a kind. $489,000.

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12,000+ Sq. Ft. City LotCustom 2 storey home. Soaring ceil. Huge great rm! Family-sized dng rm. Exec. den w/big windows. Handscraped h/wood �rs. Walk-in pantry! Center isl. 12' ceil. Loads of parking. $469,500

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Fit the whole Brady BunchNew home w/6 bdrms & 4 baths. 6000 sq. ft. lot w/room for parking. Warm colour scheme & architectural ceiling details, granite in kitch. Fully �n bsmt to set up for in-laws. Sep off. $468,500

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10 Acres-Cascade Falls!Set up for an open concept family area with �replace. Massive master bdrm w/french doors to sprawling deck. Down stairs could be spacious family/games room +2 more bdrms. $459,900

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Websters Landing—Chill2 storey 6 bdrm home w/partially �n full bsmt. Perfect loc. for today’s lifestyle w/shopping, rec & adventure right at your doorstep. Open �oor plan for family living. $459,900

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Greenbelt! Net HST Incl.Quiet dead-end street, OK for legal suite! Backs onto green space! Sep tub (jetted) & shower in m/bdrm. 2 laundries (bsmnt European style). Come check out the layout! $459,900

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Mansion on the Hill!!1.84 acre lot, south, east & west views! 2 storey + �nished bsmt. 5 bdrms up, almost 2500 sq. ft. main has open �. plan w/gourmet kitch. Bsmt has nanny/caretaker guest suite. $999,000

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Back Lane Access Bonus!Central access to all amenities! Old-timer house waiting for your special touch. Rancher with basement. Set above street level to take advantage of view! $229,000

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Large Family? Here it is!Great layout to accommodate everyone. Finished bsmt. 6 bdrms + 4 full baths. Kitchen w/centre isl. Crowns. Fully fenced � at yard. Convenient location to schools, shopping & trans. $449,900

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Commercial—70 Mile HouseGreat business opportunity! Working motel & restaurant on 1.73 acres. Motel has 9 rental units plus a caretakers residence. Rest. has seating for 50. Call for further info. $449,500

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Need Room for Grandma?Corner lot in area of newer homes. Curb appeal with Whistler-style ext. Great rm. concept w/3 bdrms up! Granite, hardwood, crowns! Games rm. plus a rec room down. Roughed-in for heat pump. $449,500

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Fabulous Home & LocationGreat neighbourhood! Fully � nished bsmnt, nicely done. Area of newer homes, quiet area. 9’ ceil. nice kitchen w/lots of cabs. Master w/sep shower/tub. Fabulous home for entertaining. $438,500

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3 Bdrm in Maple RidgeExcellent family neighbourhood. Quick access to Abernathy Way & walk dist to schools. Cozy wood stove in liv room. Fully � nished downstairs. Private back yard w/pond. $429,900

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Appliances + Net HST InclProudly built by Mt. Baker Enterprises. 2 storey homes coming soon. 4 bdrm + den. 3 baths. Open-concept kitchen/family rm. Formal din. rm. Call for plans and more information. $429,000


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Hatzic! River View!River view! Huge 3600 sq.ft. home. Room for the whole family with 7 bdrms. New roof! Lovely private backyard to enjoy! Great investment! $409,500

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4.5 Acres in Steelhead!Setting is perfect for the avid outdoorsy type! Close to recreational activities, trails, � shing, boating & hiking! Open plan house w/rec-rm and 29x26 workshop! Get & have a look! $429,000

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End of Quiet Cul-De-SacBsmt home has been updated. Spacious main is well laid out w/family rm off kitchen. Formal liv rm & din rms are bright and open. Landscaped with ponds/w.fall. $399,900

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5.2 Acres - Stave Falls!!Beautiful, private acreage in Stave Falls! Great view of the valley and mountains. 2 bedroom mobile could use some updates. 2 shallow wells on the property. $399,900

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How to Make Money!Each legal unit has 3 bdrms. Great location! Close to schools, university, West Coast Express, Shopping and more!! All this on 142x100’ lot!! $399,500

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Rancher with Basement!Priced to sell! 3 bdrms up! 2 bdrms down! Excellent area with schools close by! Full daylight basement! $389,500

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Check Out the Potential!Great family neighbourhood! Private backyard w/room to store your toys! Updated � oors! Updated baths in Eur style! Roof about 5 years old. Newer fence, 3 bdrm + 3 baths. $379,500

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Workshop in Garage!Almost 10,000 sq ft lot in family neighbourhood close to Cherry Hill Elementary. Hardwood � oors, separate area for in-laws, nanny or student. Fenced yard backs onto school yard. $369,500

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Fantastic NeighbourhoodClose to schools, Transit! 2 storey w/bsmt. Home has formal lv. room & dng. room! Family room off kitchen w/sliding doors to priv. backyard. Roof is young! Priced to sell! $369,500

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For the Supersized FamilyRenovated family home. 3600 sq. ft. with 5 bdrms, 4 baths. Upgrades to � oors, baths and paint!! 6000 sq. ft. lot with fully fenced backyard. $364,900

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Comm/Res Bldg in TrailWhat a deal!! Solid older 3 storey + bsmt. Good exposure corner. Commercial on main, 2 - 1 bdrm apts on each 2nd & 3rd � oor. This art-deco bldg is a great buy!! $199,900

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Walk the Kids to School!Split level with modern colours. Perfect for the young family with large rooms. Walk to the corner store & playground. Patio with � re pit & quaint tool shed. Nice view of the mountains. $349,500

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Amazing Deal for 4.5 ACQuiet, private location! Beautiful 4.5 acres with mobile. Tenant occupied! Priced to sell. Mostly land value. $349,500

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RV Parking - Maple Ridge2 bdrm rancher, 50’x200’ lot. Has a 24’x20’ heated garage/workshop w/220 wiring. RV parking. Large fully fenced backyard w/10’x8’ storage shed. $319,500

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Side/Side Rancher DuplexAttention investors! Huge lot w/lane access (bring the RV or room for shop). Walk to schools, rec center, UFV, Heritage Park & Westcoast Xpress. Den on each side could be a bdrm. $309,000

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Big Country Kitchen!Priced to sell! Redone bath, updated � rs. Garage converted to workshop, RV parking. Quiet no-thru street. Walk to West Coast Express, schools, churches, Univ. & rec centre, bus route. $299,900

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Car Repair Guys, TruckersRe-done 2 storey. Separate 27'6x20' shop w/mezz, 12' ceil. 6000+ sqft lot, huge sundeck. Updated kitch, � rs, bathrms, 4 bdrms up all w/walk-in cl. Laundry up. Deal of the Summer! $299,900

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Huge 27’x212’ Lot!!No strata fees here. Main � oor is big & open w/loads of south facing windows, a gas f/p & vaulted ceil 4 bdrms up. Huge fam room down. Updated kitchen, baths w/heated tiles. $299,900

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Under $300,000Character 3 bdrm + den home. Redone top to bottom within last 6 yrs. Updated kitchen, bathroom, furnace. Original softwood � oors, high ceilings on main, baseboards & crown mould. $299,900

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Each side, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths w/walkout basement. Rent 1/2 and live in the other. home offers granite counters, s.s appliances, crown moulding, stone inside and out. Near West Coast Express. $339,900 each side

New 2 Storey Duplex w/BsmTo view call Mindy 604.826.1000

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2 Legal Pid’s!Could be cute as a button rancher. Detached garage. Great little buyer. Perfect for Investors! Great piece for holding! $260,000

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Priced to SellPriced below assessment! 3 bdrm rancher. Garage/workshop, big backyard with patio. Easy access to all amenities, churches, shopping & commuters. Great location. $253,500

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1250 sqft 3 bdrmTop � r unit w/amazing views. Bright w/natural light making it a great unit to make your own with some touch ups. Walk to Westcoast Express, Library, shopping, banking! $155,000

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Centrally located 2 bedroom. Adult oriented complex. Close to all amenities. $139,500

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Adorable Rancher!1st time home buyer or new family! 5837 sq ft lot! Seconds to town! Walk to the rec centre & pool, West Coast Express! Why pay rent or strata fees? Affordability at its cutest! $249,900

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Central Abby $93,500Corner unit w/Mt. Baker view!! Walk to restaurants, shopping & banking. Parking nearby!! Close to transportation routes. No rental restrictions. Private balcony. $93,500

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Affordable Pad RentPriced to sell! Double wide with addition! Vaulted ceilings, f/p, built-in hutch in din/rm, separate laundry. Ensuite, big yard, lots of parking. Immediate possession! $69,900

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Over 1000 Sq FtCondo!

Bright 2 bedroom, 2 bath top � oor corner unit! Conveniently located to UFV, schools, transportation, highway access, Heritage Park! $189,900

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Maple R. MobilesCentrally located with many updates!! Electrical upgraded w/new CSA #, newer roof! New skirting, � ooring, windows, new ceiling in mbdrm & hallway! Fully fenced & private yard! $69,900

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View in Maple Ridge2 bdrm w/view of river, mtns & beyond. Walk to West Coast Xpress & all amen. Open layout. Sep soaker tub & shower. 2 balc. Pets welcome (w/restrictions). Move in and enjoy. $179,900

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Fabulous Getaway!Everglades Resort! Hatzic Lake! Boating! Fishing! Sunbathing! Minutes from town! Gated rec resort! Only 45 mins east of Vancouver & min from Westcoast Express. Park your trailer. $49,900

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Walk to SevenoaksSpaciosu end unit backs onto greens-pace. 55+ 2 bdrm + den. Oak � oors, so-lar lights, gas f/p. Walk-out bsmt mostly � nished. Strata includes cable. New roof, newer furnace. $264,900

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Timber Frame!!2 storey w/bsmt. timber frame old growth Douglas Fir, wood frame win-dows, skylight, hardwood � oors, vault-ed ceilings give warm Whistler feel, but located in Hatzic. $459,000

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16 The Mission Record Thursday, November 1, 2012FUTURE SHOP – Correction Notice

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It’s big, bold and enter-tainment.

The annual Rotary din-ner and auction is pre-senting, for the first time in Mission, an evening of burlesque with a Vancou-ver-based professional burlesque dance troupe, great music, and enter-tainment galore, Nov. 23 at the Best Western Mis-sion City Lodge.

Best of all, it is in aid of local and international youth projects supported by the Rotary Clubs of Mission.

Every year graduates from each Mission high school receive scholar-ships which help make

university more afford-able. Children who don’t normally have the op-portunity to attend sum-mer camps are sponsored by Rotarians to attend Camp Jubilee for a week in Deep Cove.

Youth (ages 18 to 24) attend the week-long Rotary Youth Leader-ship camp where they learn leadership skills. In addition, the proceeds will sponsor high school students to attend an in-ternational exchange, RCMP Youth Academy, and a weekend-long youth camp for 15 to 17 year olds.

Scholarship winner

Deanna Carrao says that Rotary’s support not only aids her financially, but “it reminds me I am not alone in this journey as I continue my education.”

Local businesses have been generously provid-ing table sponsorships, prizes and live auction items, says Crawford. The entertainment and games planned for the evening make it the per-fect place to host a staff Christmas part. Tickets are only $75 a person or $500 for a table of eight. For tickets e-mail [email protected] or call 604-302-8979.

Auction tickets on saleA burlesque troupe from Vancouver will entertain the crowd Nov. 23.

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It’s big, bold and enter-tainment.

The annual Rotary din-ner and auction is pre-senting, for the first time in Mission, an evening of burlesque with a Vancou-ver-based professional burlesque dance troupe, great music, and enter-tainment galore, Nov. 23 at the Best Western Mis-sion City Lodge.

Best of all, it is in aid of local and international youth projects supported by the Rotary Clubs of Mission.

Every year graduates from each Mission high school receive scholar-ships which help make

university more afford-able. Children who don’t normally have the op-portunity to attend sum-mer camps are sponsored by Rotarians to attend Camp Jubilee for a week in Deep Cove.

Youth (ages 18 to 24) attend the week-long Rotary Youth Leader-ship camp where they learn leadership skills. In addition, the proceeds will sponsor high school students to attend an in-ternational exchange, RCMP Youth Academy, and a weekend-long youth camp for 15 to 17 year olds.

Scholarship winner

Deanna Carrao says that Rotary’s support not only aids her financially, but “it reminds me I am not alone in this journey as I continue my education.”

Local businesses have been generously provid-ing table sponsorships, prizes and live auction items, says Crawford. The entertainment and games planned for the evening make it the per-fect place to host a staff Christmas part. Tickets are only $75 a person or $500 for a table of eight. For tickets e-mail [email protected] or call 604-302-8979.

Auction tickets on saleA burlesque troupe from Vancouver will entertain the crowd Nov. 23.

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All Mission second-ary swim team mem-bers have qualified in individual and/or relay events for the upcom-ing provincial champi-onships.

The Roadrunners posted strong results from the recent Fraser Valley Regional Meet, held Oct. 25.

Following are results from the meet:

• Madeline Fedora, Amanda Fuller, Aiden Barratt and Samantha Janes qualified third for provincials in the 200 m medley relay

• Fedora also placed first in the 100 m IM, breaking the record by more than three sec-onds with a time of 1.12.88. She also broke the Fraser Valley record in the 50 m backstroke with a time of 33.33, earning her first place. Additionally, Fedora will compete in the 50 m breastroke after plac-ing second.

• Janes swam a per-sonal best time in 100 m free to qualify sixth for provincials, and qualified sixth in 50 m back, and made 10th in 50 m breast.

• Barratt qualified 11th and is a provin-cials alternate in 100 m free.

• Fuller placed sixth in 50 m breast, 12th in 50 m free, and 11th in 100 m IM.

The provincials will be held in Richmond, Nov. 16-17 at Water-mania.

MSS swim team is heading to provincials

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CONTACT US: P.O. Box 208645 Stave Lake StreetMission, B.C. V2V 4L9Phone: 604-820-3700 Fax: 604-826-1363email: [email protected]

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The Mission Recycling Depot is located at 7229 Mershon St. (across from the West Coast Express parking lot), and is open seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Depot staff can be reached at 604-814-3555.

Accepted items include electronic and electrical waste, including computer-related items, such as desktop computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, scanners, as well audio-visual equipment, including

stereos, VCRs and televisions. The depot also accepts small electronic appliances, such as hair dryers, coffee makers and space heaters, as well as automotive batteries, household batteries up to one kilogram in weight each, cellphones, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, empty propane tanks, fluorescent light tubes and compact fluorescents.

Scrap metal and large metal appliances (except for fridges and

freezers, which can be dropped off free of charge at the Mission landfill) and select household hazardous wastes, including paint, spray paint, paint thinner, domestic pesticides, old gasoline and kerosene can also be dropped off free of charge year round. Limits and product specifications may apply. Please phone 1-800-667-4321 to confirm acceptability or visit rcbc.bc.ca/recyclepedia to check for details and specific products.

Drop off your electronic waste at the Mission Recycling Depot on Mershon Street.

Mission Recycling Depot accepts numerous items

C A L L F O R N O M I N A T I O N S2 0 1 3 C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E &

V O L U N T E E R A P P R E C I A T I O N A W A R D SThe District of Mission Mayor and Council

invite you to submit nominations for individuals, groups, or organizations who havedemonstrated exemplary volunteerism in the following areas:

Arts & Culture: For outstanding volunteerism in the field of arts and culture.Citizen of the Year: Recognizes the contributions of one individual for their overall volunteerism and commitment to improving the quality of life for the citizens of Mission.Community Service: For demonstrating exemplary leadership in community volunteerism. Community Service (under age 25): For demonstrating exemplary leadership in community volunteerism. Crime Prevention & Community Safety: For an individual, group, or organization who has demonstrated exemplary volunteerism in the area of crime prevention and public safety.Lifetime Achievement: For an individual, group, or organization that has a notable history of volunteerism which has resulted in the overall betterment of Mission.Special Accomplishment: Bestowed to an individual, group, or organization for demonstrating significant volunteer leadership skills or who has accomplished a noteworthy contribution in any field or endeavor. Sports Volunteer of the Year: For an individual who has demonstrated exemplary volunteerism in the field of sports.Against the Odds Achievement: For an individual who achieves excellence despite the special challenges faced by people with disabilities.

N O M I N A T I O N P R O C E S SNomination forms can be picked up at the District of Mission Municipal Hall (8645 Stave Lake Street), downloaded from the District’s website (www.mission.ca) or you may call 604-820-3700 to request that a nomination form be emailed or sent to you through the mail. All nominations must include the contact information of the person submitting the nomination and the person, group, or organization being nominated. A profile and background information about the person, group, or organization you are nominating, as well as the rationale for your nomination, must also be provided.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS – January 14, 2013 Award recipients will be presented with their awards at the

2013 Community Service and Volunteer Appreciation Ceremonyon Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Mission Leisure Centre.

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The Mayor and Council Invite You to Attend aCOMMUNITY BUDGET

CONSULTATION MEETING(to provide input on the District’s proposed 2013 budget)

on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012, starting at 6:00 pmIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF MUNICIPAL HALL

Council is proposing a budget/tax increase of 1.49% for 2013. This proposed budget/tax increase has been achieved with minimal impact on District services and service levels. The budget focuses on debt retirement and infrastructure replacement as being the key priorities. Council is also proposing a 2% increase in municipal utility (water, sewer, and refuse) user rates, as gradual utility rate increases will ensure that critical infrastructure can be built and/or maintained without borrowing.

A brief presentation by staff will be provided before members of the public are invited to address Council. For detailed budget information, please visit the Finance Department at Municipal Hall or visit the District’s website. A Community Budget Consultation package will also be made available at the meeting.

Council would like to hear and/or receive your input before they finalize the District’s 2013 budget and invite the public to the Community Budget Consultation meeting on Monday, November 5, 2012. This meeting is an opportunity to provide input and feedback on the District’s proposed 2013 budget. Other opportunities to express your ideas or comments are available by submitting your comments on-line at www.mission.ca/budget or by sending us an e-mail at [email protected].

Please provide any comments before Friday, November 16, 2012.


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The Outreach Network under the District of Mission Social Development Program would like to extend our gratitude for the overwhelming interest, involvement and support in the most recent Mission Connect Event.

On Oct. 11, 2012 a diverse array of service providers and over 50 community volunteers joined together to provide a day of connection for 135 homeless and vulnerable individuals and families in Mission.

Connect Events are held twice annually coordinated by the social development manager for Mission and the Outreach Network. Connect Events provide a platform for social service agencies to build relationships with each other as well as with citizens who are seeking connections to services and community. Services offered include mental

wellness conversations, child and family resources, literacy supports, employment resources, housing assistance, free hearing assessments, free haircuts, legal support, alcohol and addiction resources, HIV support and resources, dental health information, clothing, toiletries , etc.

Thank you to our sponsors who make this event possible: All Saints Church, All Saints Outreach Team and volunteers, Mission Superstore, CUPE 1267, Fraser Valley Labour Council, BC Government and Service Employers Union, United Way of the Fraser Valley, Riverside College, Salvation Army Thrift Store, and JMJ Photography.

The next Community Connect Event will take place April 2013. For more info contact Kirsten Hargreaves at 604-820-3752 or [email protected].

The district often receives calls from concerned citizens regarding dogs running lose, either in our neighbourhoods or in our parks. We thought it might be helpful to review the bylaws with regard to care and control of dogs. To that end, the following excerpts are provided from our bylaws.

Bylaw number 217-1972, a bylaw to regulate the use of parks within the District of Mission states “no person shall allow, suffer or permit any animal to enter into or upon any park or to run at large in any park. This section shall not apply to persons leading their animals by a leash and restricting the travels of their animals to pathways.”

Bylaw number 1782-1988, a dog licensing and animal control and impounding bylaw states “no person shall suffer or permit any dog or large animal owned, possessed or harboured by him to run at large or to trespass in or upon any private lands or premises; any dog owned, possessed or harboured by him to be on a highway or any public place unless such dog is on a leash and is under the control of a person who is competent to control the dog; or any large animal owned, possessed or harboured by him to run, stray or trespass on any highway, or public place or to grace on unfenced land unless it is securely tethered.

The owner of every dog shall, at all times when such dog is not on a leash and under the control of a person who is competent to control the dog, keep such dog securely confined on the premises owned or controlled by the

owner by keeping the dog indoors, within a fenced area sufficient to prevent the escape of the dog or securely tethered in such a manner as to prevent the dog from leaving the premises.”

The municipality provides contract animal control and bylaw enforcement services, however resources do no allow for these services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

It is incumbent on every dog owner to obey the bylaws related to their responsibilities, and to consider the rights of others.

Mission Animal Control hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, excluding statutory holidays. If you have any questions, please call 604-826-4496.

Every dog owner must obey bylaws

According to Mission’s bylaws, dogs should be on leash in parks, except for designated off-leash areas.

Next Community Connect event will be in April 2013

Mission City Downtown PlanYou are invited to an open house to launch the Downtown Planning process.

This will be an opportunity to meet with the consulting team selected for the project (HB Lanarc – Golder), listen to a presentation on “What Makes a Great Downtown” and tell us your hopes and ideas to make downtown a vibrant, successful centre for our community.

7337 Welton Street(building behind Post Office on Welton Street)

Thursday, November 15, 20125:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

5:30-6.30 p.m. Open House (chat with consultants, review materials)

6:30-7:00 p.m. Presentation from Consulting Team 7:00-9:00 p.m. Workshop

For further information, contact the Planning Department by email

[email protected] or call 604-820-3734

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District of Mission Council wishes to invite you to the following open and regular meetings of Council which are scheduled for the weeks of:

November 1, 2012 to November 15, 2012

PUBLIC MEETINGS OF COUNCIL

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Date Meeting

Pursuant to Section 92 of the Community Charter, a council must state, by resolution passed in a public meeting, the fact that the meeting or part of the meeting is to be closed and the basis under the applicable subsection of Section 90 on which it is to be closed. Municipal Council will hold a Regular Council Meeting on November 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. for the sole purpose of going into a closed council meeting in the Conference Room at Mission Municipal Hall, 8645 Stave Lake Street, Mission, BC.

Please note that this schedule will be updated weekly.

November 5 Public Budget Consultation Meeting Conference Room 6:00 p.m.

November 5 Regular Council (including Committee of the Whole) Council Chambers 6:30 p.m.

November 7 Mission Community Heritage Commission Conference Room 6:30 p.m.

November 8 Abbotsford Mission Water & Sewer Commission Room 530 Abbotsford City Hall 9:00 a.m.

November 8 Cultural Resources Commission Leisure Centre, Conf. Room 12:00 p.m.

November 12 Remembrance Day - Municipal Hall Closed

November 14 Oyama Sister City Select Committee Conference Room 8:30 a.m.

November 15 Economic Development Select Committee Chamber of Commerce 8:00 a.m.

View Live and Archived Council meetings online at:http://www.mission.ca/municipal-hall/mayor-council/council-webcasts

Visit Council Meeting Highlights at:http://www.mission.ca/municipal-hall/mayor-council/agendas-minutes/council-meeting-highlights

22 The Mission Record Thursday, November 1, 201222 The Mission Record Thursday, November 1, 2012

BY PHIL MELNYCHUKBlack Press

The date for the final countdown to see who carries the NDP banner

in Maple Ridge-Mission has been set, Nov. 25.

Place: Silverdale Hall in Mission.

Time: To be an-nounced, although Mike

Bocking expects it will be in the afternoon some-time.

Bocking, a Mission resident and president of the Media Union of B.C.,

is trying for the second time to win the riding, after a narrow loss (68 votes) in 2009 to BC Liberal Marc Dalton.

Bocking will be com-

peting for the NDP nom-ination against Maple Ridge resident Bob D’Eith.

“I’ve worked hard on the NDP, in the NDP

organization,” Bocking said. “We’ve built a solid organization.”

Bocking ran three times federally in the past decade in Pitt Mead-

ows-Maple Ridge-Mis-sion, losing each time to Conservative MP Randy Kamp.

“I’m looking to take one more stab at it,” said Bocking.

He’s been active in Mission, opposing cuts to Mission Hospital, and involved with the Citizens Against Urban Sprawl Society.

D’Eith, executive-director for Music BC, says it will be a close race and will be a choice between Bocking’s expe-rience and D’Eith’s new energy.

“It’s really a question of the members deciding who they want, moving forward.”

It’s been more than a year since both have been nominees so it will be a relief to get the process underway, he added.

Whoever wins the nomination will also be in for a battle against Liberal MLA Marc Dal-ton.

“No one’s taking any-thing for granted, that’s for sure,” D’Eith said.

Bocking though was also optimistic about the NDP’s chances in next spring’s election, saying the Liberals won the last election under “fake co-lours” by underestimat-ing the provincial deficit.

The Liberals also said they wouldn’t bring in the Harmonized Sales Tax and they did, Bock-ing pointed out. “Marc Dalton has to take his share of the blame.”

Dalton, however, has said he too was surprised by the Gordon Campbell government’s introduc-tion of the HST in July 2010.

It combined the five per cent Goods and Ser-vices Tax with the seven per cent Provincial Sales Tax, then extended the new tax across new cate-gories such as restaurant meals. The government has said it will revert to the old PST system next March, after being forced to do so by a referendum.

“I believe we have a good chance [in Maple Ridge-Mission], given the fact I barely missed it last time.”

But that’s no reason for over confidence and the race will tighten as the election nears, Bock-ing said.

NDP nomination meeting happens Nov. 25 in Silverdale

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STARING AT MONSTERSThe German philosopher, Nietzsche said that when you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you, and that when you stare at monsters, the monsters stare back at you. By the abyss, Nietzsche may have meant the emptiness and ultimate meaninglessness of existence. And thus, what Nietzsche seems to be saying is that anyone who looks at life as devoid of meaning will have this reflected back at them. A person who considers life to be meaningless will likely reflect this in some kind of existential despair. Likewise, we cannot look at or expose ourselves to evil and be unaffected by it. There is much to be said for believing that life is good and worth living, and for living the kind of life that makes it so. And although each of us may occasionally have to jump over the abyss and struggle with monsters, we shouldn’t look down while jumping over the abyss, or become a monster when we are fighting with monsters.

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St. Paul’sPresbyterian Church http://pccweb.ca/stpauls-mission 8469 Cedar Street • 826-848110:30 am Worship & Children's Church

Minister: The Rev. Rebecca SimpsonYou are welcome

Volunteer opportunities• Mission Literacy in Motion is recruiting for its adult literacy, ESL and Reading Buddies one-on-one and group tutoring programs. Free training and ongoing support provided. Commitment is one or two hours a week. For more info call 604-820-2027 or e-mail [email protected].

• Join our team. Mission Health-care Auxiliary is looking for vol-unteers to work at The Cottage Thrift Store. For more info please contact Gertrude at 778-880-0467.

Mission Senior Centre week-ly events: Monday 11 a.m. drop-in bingo; 1:30 p.m. mixed bridge; 7:15 p.m. drop-in crib (at Cedarbrooke Chateau). Tuesday 9:30 a.m. drop-in line dancing; 10 a.m. craft group. Wednesday 9:15 a.m. chair fi tness exercise; 10:15 a.m. drop-in crib; 12:30 p.m. golden era bingo. Thurs-day 9 a.m. drop-in line dancing. Friday 9:15 a.m. chair fi tness exercise; 11 a.m. drop-in crib. Contact 604-814-2188 for more info.

Royal Canadian Legion weekly events: Thursday crib night at 6:30 p.m. Friday meat draw and dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday meat draw at 3 p.m. Sunday meat draw and bingo at 3 p.m. Wednesday meat draw and bingo at 7 p.m. Contact 604-826-2331 for more info.

NOV.1: Mission Seniors Centre Association general meeting, 10:30 a.m. Contact 604-814-2188 for more info.

NOV. 3-4: Mission Arts Council’s

annual Christmas Craft Market at Heritage Park Centre, 33700 Prentis Ave. There will be raffl es, bake sales, live entertainment and a Christmas Cafe.

NOV. 5: Join us for a relaxing evening and learn the path to inner peace at our weekly meditation classes at Cedar-brooke Chateau, 32331 Seventh Avenue, each Monday from 7-8:30 p.m. Suggested dona-tion $10. For more info please visit www.dorjechang.ca or call 604.853.3738.

NOV. 5: Mission Scrabble Club every Monday from 1-4 p.m. at 33150 Fourth Ave. Call 604-826-7721.

NOV. 5: Lifetime Learning Cen-tre presents a Winery Tasting Tour, a visit to local area winer-ies. Pre-register for this bus tour by phoning 604-820-0220. De-parture is at 8:30 a.m. Fee: $25 (non-members $32).

NOV. 6: Mission Foster Parent Association are holding meet-ings on a monthly basis. They are held on the fi rst Tuesday of the month at Mission Central Elementary school at 9 a.m. in room 142. Coff ee, dessert and great conversation is being served. We would love to have you join us.

NOV. 6: Mission Toastmasters welcomes guest to their meet-ings at the Cedarbrooke Chateau 32331 Seventh Ave., Theatre room, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Learn how to master the art of communication.

NOV. 6: Lifetime Learning Centre presents Canadian His-

tory Films at Carrington House, Seventh Avenue, Mission. Time: 1:30 to 3 p.m. Fee: $7. For more info call 604-820-0220.

NOV. 7: Mission Health Care Auxiliary meeting in the Mission Memorial Hospital Conference room, 1:30 p.m. Please come and join us. New Volunteers are welcome to work in the Gift Shop, Thrift Store, rental of TVs and ECU. Contact Gertrud 778-880-0467.

NOV. 7: Lifetime Learning Cen-tre holds its annual Remem-brance Day Tea at 32444 7 Ave., Mission. Hear music and stories from our past, remembering our veterans and peacekeepers. Time: 1 to 3 p.m. For more info call 604-820-0220.

NOV. 7: The Full Gospel Busi-nessmen’s Fellowship will meet at noon every Wednesday at Cedarbrooke Chateau. For more info call Sander at 604-828-0406.

NOV. 8: MS Group meets at 1 p.m., at 8469 Cedar St., in Mis-sion. Newcomers welcome. For more info call, 604-826-2553. MS Group meets on the second Thursday of every month.

NOV. 8: Valley Women’s Net-work Mission luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at new location, Royal Canadian Legion, 32627 Logan Ave. Pre-registration re-quired. Vendor tables available. Please e-mail [email protected].

NOV. 9: OAPO branch 28 gener-al meeting, 1:30 p.m.at Seniors Centre on 10 Avenue. For more info call 604-826-8974 or 604-

302-8004.

NOV. 9: Mission Self Advocates Harvest Dance, 6 to 10 p.m. at Mission Elks Hall, 33336 Second Ave. Admission is $5. For more info call Bryce at 604-826-8818 or JP 604-287-6681.

NOV. 10: Pancake breakfast by donation at St. Paul’s Presbyte-rian Church, 9 to 10:30 a.m. at 8469 Cedar St.

NOV. 11: Following services at the Clarke Theatre, there will be wreath laying at the Legion cenotaph about noon or before. There will be food and bever-ages and music by “Loose Ends”.

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“We’re here to help”

Did you know? Any person facing terminal illness or coping with the loss of a loved one can come to the Mission Hospice Society for support. Bereavement programs are designed for individuals anticipating or have experienced the death of a loved one.

Programs are free of charge but registration is required. For more information, please contact Kimberley at 604-826-2235.

Unit E, 7311 James Street, Mission

Phone (604) 826-2235 www.missionhospice.bc.ca

33507 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Mission

10:30am Worship Service

Sermon Series“Ezra: God is

Faithful”Bible Discovery Time

for ChildrenSenior Pastor - Ron Redekop

Youth - Brian Wade

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Loria Townend and Annette Potts will be displaying their carolling dolls at the Mission Arts Council’s annual Christmas Craft Market at Heritage Park, Nov. 3-4. If you have a photo you would like to see in this space, e-mail it to [email protected]. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A well-known local musician is putting on a different kind of show at the Mission Arts Centre this month.

Kat Wahamaa’s photo-graph exhibition, Open-ings, will be on display from Nov. 6 to Nov. 24 with an artist reception on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.

The photographs in this show reflect this theme with “openings” from such disparate lo-cales as England, Crete, Japan, Key West, Van-couver and the Fraser Valley. Many of the im-ages are represented di-rectly from eye to cam-era to print, as she uses the camera simply as an

artist’s tool. Others, she has digitally transformed into abstract paintings on giclée canvas.

One of Wahamaa’s fa-vourite pieces is Venetian Pink from Reythmnon, a city in Crete. It features a segment of the Rimondi fountain and a building with bright colours, tex-tures, archways, and of course openings.

Wahamaa says she has always been fascinated by openings.

“Doors, windows or archways, manifest ar-

chitectural detail, give history lessons and be-come works of art at the hand of the elements. Those openings found in nature, and those within us suggest another way of being or perceiving. All offer an invitation.”

The opening for the exhibit will feature live music and refreshments. The Mission Arts Centre is located at 33529 First Ave. For more informa-tion call 604-826-0029 or visit missionartscoun-cil.ca.

The next Reel on the River movie series fea-tures The Separation from Iran on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at SilverCity in Mission.

The Separation is about a middle-class family torn between emi-grating from Iran to pro-vide a better future for the children, or staying to take care of an elder-ly family member. This movie won an Academy Award for best foreign language film.

The Intouchables will wrap up the fall series on Nov. 12.

Tickets are $10 each at the door. Reel on the River is a local, not-for-profit organization which brings Canadian, independent, foreign and documentary films which would not normal-ly be shown locally to the big screen.

For more information regarding these films please visit www.reelon-theriver.ca.

Find Openings at Mission art gallery

Reel on the River features The Separation

The photographs of

Mission artist Kat Wahamaa

will be featured this month at

the Mission Arts Centre gallery.

The show, Openings, runs from Nov. 6-24.

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Presents

A NEW HIP HOP MUSICALUsing Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story as inspiration, culturally and socially diverseyouth in collaboration with professional artists created this original hip hop musical. Inthis thought provoking work, young performers will portray rivaling Kutz (alley cats) andDawgs (junkyard dogs) in a cautionary tale that explores the destructive force of gangs.Dubbed ‘Glee with grit,’ MISCELLANEOUS Productions creates innovative artisticopportunities for youth. WARNING: Simulated violence. This play is suitable for ages 9 and older.

Thursday, November 8 – 1:30 pm & Friday, November 9 – 8 pmMatsqui Centennial Auditorium, Abbotsford

Tickets $12 Advance sales in person: Mon-Fri, 8:30–4:30, Abbotsford City Hall, 32315 South Fraser Way, Parks Recreation & Culture, 3rd Floor. Cheque or cash only.

Advance reservations online email [email protected] Group discounts available. Door sales: Cash Only.

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Britannia Secondary School

Sponsors

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for the 2012 Festival


A century of changesOne of Mission’s pioneers, Markie Scott Hutcheon, celebrated her 100th birthday Oct. 1. She moved here in 1925 from Bonnyville, Alberta, and was active in the community. She ran several businesses in Mission, most notably Scotty’s Taxi during the war years. She lived on the corner of Third and Grand Street for 60 years, and until a year ago, lived by herself. She now resides at Menno Home in Abbotsford.SUBMITTED PHOTO

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November 3 & 4, 2012Biggest Craft Market in the Valley!

Christmas Craft Market

Mission Arts Councilpresents our 31st Annual

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Saturday: 1pm Dave Westley

2:30 Megan Van Der BergRick Chadwick will play throughout the day

Sunday: 1PMJoy Vox Community Choir

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Mission Regional Chamber of CommerceVoice of Business in Mission since 1893

Proud host of the Business Excellence AwardsCongratulations to the recipients!34033 Lougheed Hwy. Mission BC V2V 5X8telephone: 604.826.6914fax: 604.826.5916 missionchamber.bc.ca

BUSINESSEXCELLENCEBUSINESS


Business of the Year,more than 15 employees

Canadian Tire MissionPRESENTED BY YOUR COMMUNITY CREDIT UNIONS

Mission’s Canadian Tire commits to employee programs and customer service initiatives that make them a success in the local business community. This has provided the organization with the funds, time and tools to give back to the community. Not only are they instrumental in organizing events at the Junction, they also participate in local events and initiated the Mission Jumpstart event day, allowing kids in � nancial need to participate in sports and recreation. Recently Canadian Tire signed on to Mission’s social media interactive game “Legend Tracker.”

As part of Small Business Month, the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts the Business Excellence. Held

in the Ballroom of the Mission Best Western on Oct. 19, the gala was attended by the who’s who of the Mission business community.

Presented by Your Community Credit Unions, this year’s awards were led by Canadian Tire Mission, who won three of the eight awards. “This is no easy feat,” remarked Chamber Manager Michelle Favero. “Each award is judged by a panel of three judges that score independent of each other. In Canadian Tire’s case, they faced nine different judges.”

Other event highlights included a delicious meal of lamb and Cornish hen served up by Rockwell’s Bar & Grill chef Chris, who delighted attendees with his family’s famous chocolate pate for desert. MC Brian Antonson, president of the 2014 BC Winter Games and retired dean of communications at BCIT had only one unfortunate slip-up when he referred to the Legend Tracker Sasquatch as “junior.” It is believed that the Sasquatch has gone into hiding, but might be located somewhere in Downtown Mission.

The Mission Regional Chamber would like to congratulate all nominees and thank the sponsors that made the event such a success.

Congratulations to the Winners!

You demonstrate excellence in business and we thank you for your valuable

contribution to prosperity in our community.

Marc Dalton, MLAMaple Ridge - MissionMarc Dalton, MLARandy Hawes, MLA

Abbotsford - MissionRandy Hawes, MLA

33058 First Avenue Mission, B.C. V2V 1G3 Phone: 604-820-6203 Toll Free:1-866-370-6203 Fax: 604-820-6211

email: [email protected] www.randyhawesmla.bc.caemail: [email protected] www.marcdaltonmla.bc.ca

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Thank you MissionWe are honoured to receive the

Business of the Year Award (1-15 employees)

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

an integrated approach to health


Business of the Year,less than 15 employees

Evoke Wellness CentrePRESENTED BY YOUR COMMUNITY CREDIT UNIONS

Evoke Wellness Centre’s goal is to “evoke wellness” in the community by providing a team of experienced health care professionals who are committed to their patients’ health and wellness goals. They strive to be leaders in their � elds of expertise and the associates live and breathe Evoke’s brand through their actions, behaviours and involvement in the community. Firmly committed to the downtown business district they look to create a vibrant and viable downtown core. Evoke’s practitioners network and refer within the community and support many local groups, including complimentary treatments for volunteers at local events.

The Mission Regional Chamber would like to congratulate all nominees and thank the sponsors that made the event such a success.

“A fabulous night that everyone enjoyed. I am proud that the Mission Chamber of Commerce is able to provide such an incredible avenue to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in Mission.”

Elyssa Lockhart, President, Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

We’re Honoured!

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Vicki Gould and all the Management and Staff at Canadian Tire Mission are very thrilled and honoured to

receive the Business of the Year, Retail Excellence and Business Leader of the Year awards amongst so many

deserving Nominees. Many thanks go out to the Mission Community for their ongoing support, to the judges

and to the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce for putting on such a

fabulous event.


Home-Based Business of the Year

The Pink SpatulaPRESENTED BY MISSION BUSINESS CENTRE

The Pink Spatula offers a unique product line including gourmet marshmallows that have been noted in national magazines. Meeting customer’s needs and tastes in a timely fashion has been essential to part of their success. Utilizing other local companies has enabled them to overcome issues quickly. Having had the privilege of using the Community Futures Self Employment program, owner Tina is always happy to chat to students and other home-based businesses in support of their dream.

Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

Mission AutomotivePRESENTED BY CANADIAN TIRE MISSION

Mission Automotive is the only shop in Mission that uses 3D visual aligner software and is always looking for the newest technology. They offer a fully interactive website with 24-7 online support and chat. Locally sourced automotive parts are used and they invest in local real estate and support local fundraisers. The entrepreneurial spirit is exempli� ed by looking for new and ef� cient ways to conduct business, expanding the store’s services, implementing new equipment and attending professional development workshops.

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Cedarbrooke Chateau is pleased to announce that they have obtained

“The Seal of Approval” from the BC Seniors Living Association.

Congratulations to theThank you Mission for your continued support!

Call today to book your tour

604.820.930032331 - 7th Avenue, Mission BC

Call today

604.820.930032331 - 7th Avenue, Mission BC


Cedarbrooke Chateau is pleased to announce that they have obtained

“The Seal of Approval” from the BC Seniors Living Association.

2012 Business Excellence Winners

Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

Non-pro� tBusiness of the Year

Mission Assoc. for Seniors Housing

PRESENTED BY MISSION COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY

Mission Association for Seniors Housing (MASH) provides and/or encourages cooperation with other organizations to develop affordable and accessible housing. Their aim is to retain and attract seniors within our community and give them the support to help them remain, as their needs change. They strive to maximize scarce resources by coordinating and sharing expertise and attracting skilled partners. Their overall vision is “Caring for those who cared for us.”

Customer Experience Award

Fraser Valley Of� ce SuppliesPRESENTED BY STEVE SHARPE TIMBER LTD.

Fraser Valley Of� ce Supplies looks to create a personal company that knows your name and isn’t afraid to make small talk. This concept helped with the companies motto “We do it your Way.” Being a small of� ce has meant costs are kept low and turnaround is almost instant. Everything is based on customer satisfaction, from their unique website made user friendly for each client, to the no questions return policy, no delivery charge and much more. They look to exceed customer’s expectations each time and this has resulted in a retention rate of 99 per cent.

We’ve Built our Reputation on39 Years of Quality Service.

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www.symons-exceltire.com

•TIRES •SHOCKS •BRAKES •TUNE-UPS •ALIGNMENTS •CUSTOM EXHAUST •AIRCARE

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We would like to take this opportunity

to congratulate all the winners.


A Great Night Of

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Located at the Best Western Mission City Lodge

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Retail Excellence Award

Canadian Tire MissionPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

Mission’s Canadian Tire maintains high retail standards, takes care of employees, provides excellent customer service and gives back to the community; Canadian Tire excels as a retailer in Mission. They have the smallest footprint of any of the chain of stores in the Lower Mainland and the highest sales per square foot. They provide a shopping experience that keeps people shopping locally and brings new customers to the area. Enrolled in an environmental stewardship program, they are committed to their customers and the local community. Through their “We care” campaign eight customer priorities were identi� ed and implemented this year alone.

Business Leader of the Year Award

Vicki GouldPRESENTED BY YXX ABBOTSFORD AIRPORT

Vicki Gould has a passion for business and the community she works in and readily encourages others to become involved. She serves on a number of local committees and always looks to recruit from within. Taking care of her staff, she mentors and coaches the young adults working for her to achieve their career and educational goals. Vicki is always pro-active and looking for opportunities, most recently getting the approval for the installation of a 40’ pylon sign for the Junction Mall and the continuation of the Jumpstart program.

Thank you Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce for honouring my company with the

Home Based Business Excellence Award. So many people have made this possible; my customers, my mentors,

other small businesses that support me and my amazing sta� . Of course none of this would have been possible without the support of my amazing husband and the fabulous opportunities that God has provided. � ank you

for all your support and I look forward to bringing sweetness to you for many years to come.

for all your support and I look forward to bringing sweetness to you for many years to come.

604.755.1520 • thepinkspatula.catwitter.com/#!/WorthEveryBite

www.facebook.com/ThePinkSpatula

•Gourmet Marshmallows•Dessert Buffets

•Christmas Baking•Upcoming demonstration

classes at Lepp Farm Market and Well Seasoned

The Mission Record salutes all the nominees and winners in the

2012 Business Excellence Awards.

We are proud to serve you, and offer our

congratulations on your success.

Your commitment to business excellence

supports our vibrant community,

and we wish you continued prosperity

for years to come.

Thank you for making The Mission Record your

newspaper of choice since 1908.

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• 1 Exceptional celebration of Business

• 8 Awards

• 10 Partners (sponsors)

• 12 Volunteer Judges

• 36 Minutes of Commercials posted on YouTube celebrating nominees

• 74 Accepted Nominations

• 82 Nominations Received from the Community

• 97 Volunteer Hours

• 111 Facebook Postings

• 167 Photos taken in the Red Carpet

• 182 celebrated entrepreneurs, leaders and innovation excellence in Mission

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE BY THE NUMBERS

All photos courtesy Athena Leskun Photography and Bailward Photography

We are deeply honoured to have been nominated for

Non-Pro� t of the Year. Congratulations to Mission Association for Seniors Housing for their well deserved win. We look forward to many more years ful� lling our commitment to bring top-quality, a� ordable karate to Mission. Special thanks to our many assistant instructors and volunteers whose hard work and e� ort have such a positive e� ect on the community.

to many more years ful� lling our

Sincerely Peter Motut

and Tracy Bird-Motut

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