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An “ecstatic” Nathan Pachal won election to Langley City Council Sat-urday night.

Pachal won the byelec-tion to fi ll the seat left vacant by the late Dave Hall with a comfortable margin over his nearest rival.

The initial results from the byelection Saturday night show Pachal won with 740 votes.

Kiernan Hillan was sec-ond with 557 votes.

More than 2,000 people voted.

The byelection victory came after Pachal was narrowly edged out of a City council seat during his fi rst attempt at win-ning offi ce in the last municipal election.

“Losing by 71 votes was a little bit painful, to be honest,” Pachal said.

He thought that fact

motivated his supporters to get out and vote this time.

“People, I think, really wanted a different per-spective on council and today, they clearly voted that way,” Pachal said.

At 32, Pachal will be the youngest member of council.

“I’m from a different generation so hopefully I can bring that perspec-tive to the table.”

Second time the charm for Pachal

Newly elected Langley City Coun. Nathan Pachal, left, chats with former mayor Aubrey Searle (centre) and current mayor Ted Schaffer (right) following the vote tally from the City’s fi rst byelection on Saturday night. Pachal was elected to fi ll the seat left by Coun. Dave Hall, who passed away in early January following a battle with cancer.

DAN FERGUSON Langley Times

Winner of Langley City byelection promises different perspective as

youngest member of council

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MONIQUE TAMMINGATimes Reporter

Police allege a con man pocketed more than $35,000 after being issued someone else’s bank card at a local bank last December. Now Langley RCMP are trying to fi nd him.

On Dec. 30, 2015, a man entered the

Langley Bank of Montreal claiming to be the owner of a certain bank account. He told the teller he was visiting the area from Ontario, said police.

He was issued a new debit card and immediately withdrew $5,000 US dol-lars. The card was subsequently used at a number of different establish-

ments and more than $30,000 was taken from the account, said police. Langley RCMP are hoping someone can identify the man, or has information about him that could lead to his arrest. Call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 or, to remain anonymous, call Crimestop-pers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Police allege con man pocketed $35,000 through bank card fraud

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A shot may have been fi red, and one man was found injured — but not from a bullet — at a south Langley property early Saturday morning.

Around 3 a.m., Langley RCMP were called to a residence at 208 Street and 27 Avenue for a pos-sible shooting.

Police were told one gun shot was heard and there was an injured man.

“We believe a shot was fi red but no one was hit. “When we arrived, one of the occupants at the

location was injured. It appears that he had been assaulted,” said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Largy. That man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

But police have not been able to identify any suspects because of the lack of co-operation from the people at the home and the victim, said Largy.

Artist conceptual drawing shows what the new Aldergrove swimming pool will look like with a canopy. On Monday night, council approved the addition of a $1.57 million cover over the pool, which is part of a new $26 million Aldergrove Recreation Centre, scheduled for completion in May, 2018.

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“So now there’ll be a bit more balance, I think.”Pachal signaled his priorities will be the issues

that dominated the byelection campaign.“People want investment in infrastructure, they

want to see the downtown revitalized, they want to see something done about homelessness and crime and poverty in their community.”

He was confi dent going into the election, but admitted to some nervousness on election night.

“Today was very, very nerve-racking,” Pachal sad.

He described his feeling at learning the results, shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m. as “abso-lute relief.”

Pachal was visited by members of the current council after the results were known, including mayor Ted Schaffer, who told Pachal the new councillor was “going to pull the (average) age down.”

The rest of the fi eld of nine candidates fi nished far back of the top two fi nishers.

Sharon Newbery was third with 158.Shelley Coburn was fourth with 141.Mel Kositsky was fi fth with 140.Carol Gran was sixth with 126 votes.Rae Maj was seventh with 79.George Roman was eighth with 76.Serena Oh was ninth with 57 votes.

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MIRANDA GATHERCOLETimes Reporter

Aldergrove is getting a covered pool.Township council voted unani-

mously Monday afternoon to approve a $1.57 million canopy to cover the outdoor pool at the new Aldergrove Recreation Centre (ARC).

Structural enhancements to the base building and the footings for the canopy were approved in December, 2015, and council was given until the end of February to decide whether additional money should be spent to build a canopy now, or at a later date.

Coun. Michelle Sparrow comment-ed that the addition will be “very beneficial” for both swimmers and parents watching their kids, as it will create shade in the hot summer sun and a protective cover during rainy days.

“I think it will really extend the use

of the pool,” Sparrow said. “(It will be) something that is worth

investing in for the long run of the facility and the public will really see value in it.”

But with the ARC budget at $26 mil-lion already, and the footings costing $280,000, Coun. Angie Quaale said she is concerned with the amount of money being spent. She suggested that council wait two seasons and re-visit the idea after the pool has had some use.

“I’m really struggling to support this investment, I mean with the footings and everything this is almost a $2 million cover, which amounts to al-most a 10 per cent increase on the entire building — and that’s a signifi-cant investment,” she said.

“I’d like to see it come back to coun-cil after we’ve had an opportunity to use the facility for a couple years and

see how necessary this is.”Coun. Bob Long said that consul-

tants warned them of “the dangers of phasing,” and that waiting could mean the canopy never does get built.

“You’re probably better off — if it’s a good idea — to do it up front,” he said.

Coun. David Davis agreed.“I think we need to do it now,” he

said. “We need to finish this up. We need

to get the pool there in Aldergrove, and it was a priority from council. I think we need to get ’er done.”

Construction of the ARC is set to begin this summer, with the official opening in May, 2018.

In addition to the six-lane, 25 me-tre outdoor pool, there will also be a two-level, 550-seat arena, a fit-ness centre, an indoor walking track, multipurpose rooms and an outdoor water park with water slides, a tid-al pool, current channel, children’s aqua structure, playground and pic-nic area.

Coun. Blair Whitmarsh was absent from the vote.

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Langley families who lived along 32 Avenue in Aldergrove threat-ened to take matters into their own hands, if police didn’t do some-thing to slow traffi c along the busy road.

Parent Karen Kroeker likened the section of road to the Indianapo-lis 500, saying someone would likely be killed if action wasn’t taken.

Kroeker estimated the area in question was home to more than 200 children whose lives were in danger from speeding traffi c.

The problem began, she told the Langley Times, after the road was paved six months earlier.

Residents sent a peti-tion to Township coun-cil asking that some-thing be done to slow speeding traffi c.

Council referred the matter to police.

In a separate story on

the same page, RCMP Insp. Ken King said the situation along 32 Av-enue was not at all as residents presented it.

He called a sugges-tion by residents that commercial traffi c be banned from the road, “absolutely ridiculous,” adding the majority of the speeding drivers were residents of the

area, not commuters on their way through.

Meanwhile, Kroeker said she and other par-ents in the neighbour-hood were prepared to barricade the road, if that’s what it took to slow traffi c.

“The police can come.

“They can’t arrest ev-eryone.”

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An Abbotsford man who was charged last year with nine counts of contravening the B.C. Securities Act has been fi ned $1,000 after pleading guilty to fi ve of those charges.

John David Briner, 38, issued the guilty pleas on Feb. 9 in Vancouver provincial court and was fi ned $200 on each count. The four other counts were stayed.

Briner, a former securities lawyer in Vancouver who lives in Abbotsford, was charged in March 2015 for failing to com-ply with a ban issued by the B.C. Securities Commission.

He is also a co-founder of the Aldergrove-based Music Access Society, a non-prof-it group that provides music instruction to kids in Alder-grove, Langley and Abbotsford who otherwise can’t afford it.

His diffi culties with the au-thorities date back to 2009, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fi led a complaint in court, saying Briner participated in a fraudulent scheme to arti-fi cially infl ate the market for

shares in a penny stock com-pany.

Briner reached an agree-ment with the SEC that in-cluded a fi ve-year ban from acting as an offi cer or director of any issuer and participat-ing in any offering of penny stocks. He was also given a $25,000 civil penalty and or-dered to pay back another $52,000.

Following the agreement with the SEC, the B.C. Securi-ties Commission also issued Briner a fi ve-year ban in 2011.

In July 2014, the Law Society of B.C. found that Briner com-

mitted professional miscon-duct when he misappropri-ated more than $50,000 from a client. He was disbarred in November of last year follow-ing a hearing into the matter.

Briner again became the subject of SEC action in Jan-uary 2015, when the com-mission alleged that he or-chestrated a scheme which entailed creating shell com-panies supposedly exploring mining activities.

He was still under his fi ve-year ban from the SEC at the time.

The matter was settled last September, when Briner con-sented to an order that per-manently prohibits him from acting as an offi cer or director of any issuer and bans him from participating in any of-fering of a penny stock.

He also agreed to pay back almost $22,000 in gains and $50,000 in civil penalties.

At the time the criminal charges were laid, Briner was involved in starting a “seed li-brary” in Abbotsford which in-vited the public to trade extra seeds for non-organic, non-GMO and heritage seeds.

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Due to the overwhelming interest in the dogs, the SPCA will host three information sessions to-day (March 2) for anyone interested in submitting an adoption application. Attendance at one of the sessions is mandatory for all applicants, due to the special needs of the dogs.

“We are truly grateful to the hundreds of peo-ple who have expressed interest in opening their homes to these dogs, but we want to make sure that anyone putting in an application fully un-derstands the care that will be required to meet their ongoing behavioural and psychological needs,” said Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA.

“Some issues commonly faced by dogs raised in puppy mills include fearfulness due to lack of so-cialization, compulsive behaviours, house-soiling and sensitivity to touch.

“With the proper care and attention these dogs have a wonderful future, but we want to make sure that people understand the commitment they are taking on.

“Our goal in holding the information sessions is to match the specifi c needs of each dog with an individual or family who has the time, skills and patience to help them reach their full potential,” said Chortyk.

“The dogs have been through so much and we just want the adoption process to be a success for both the animals and for the wonderful people opening their hearts and homes to them.”

While more of the Langley dogs and puppies will be available for adoption in upcoming weeks, the Vancouver SPCA shelter remains closed un-til mid-March to ensure biosecurity protocols are upheld for the remaining dogs in care.

In the meantime, the SPCA continues to put to-gether their report to Crown counsel in the hope that criminal charges will be approved against the Langley dog breeders.

Pre-registration for the information sessions is required. More information is available at www.spca.bc.ca/infosession.

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This Wheaten terrier is among 23 dogs now ready for adoption after being seized from a Langley puppy mill on Feb. 4.Anyone who wishes to apply to adopt any of the dogs is required to attend one of three information sessions being hosted by the SPCA today (March 2). In all, 66 dogs were taken from the property early last month.

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Sources have con-fi rmed that prelim-inary talks are un-derway between the major junior hockey

club and the LEC about the Western Hockey League team playing its home games out of the LEC next season.

The Giants currently play out of the Pacifi c Coliseum.

Vancouver has seen its average attendance drop in recent years as the club has struggled on the ice. In 2014/15, average attendance for the Giants was 5,815 according to hockey-DB.com. That number was still good for fi fth in the 22-team league, but it was down from 6,266 the season be-fore.

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The Giants played a pre-season game at the LEC last Septem-ber and the team also temporarily relocated to the facility in 2010 when Vancouver host-ed the Winter Olym-pic Games, drawing huge crowds for all six games in Langley.

It is believed that the Giants are eventually hoping to relocate to a new facility in Surrey, with SkyTrain access, but plans to build a 5,000 spectator arena in North Surrey were shelved last month.

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Langley School District is serious about prepar-ing for “the big one,” and any other emergency that may strike.

The district is undergoing an internal review of all schools to develop a plan to deal with emer-gencies — including earthquakes and other nat-ural disasters — as well as crisis situations, drills for evacuations and lockdowns.

Seismic early warning devices are being consid-ered and a report on how those would be imple-mented is expected in May.

Earthquake hazard assessment checklists are being created this spring, which include unse-cured vending machines, pianos with unlocked wheels or heavy items stored above shoulder height in exit paths.

District staff will be trained in rapid damage assessment of buildings and a communication strategy with parents is being designed to allow for constant updates from the district through the website or mobile friendly social media.

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Cash has once again been found in clothing donated to Value Vil-lage in Langley.

The money was found on Feb. 2. If the owner is able to iden-tify how much money was recovered, it could be returned to them.

In the past few months, several thrift store staff in Langley

have discovered cash in pockets of cloth-ing donated to their shops.

Sometimes, the amount is quite signif-icant, said police.

If you’ve recently donated clothing and believe you may have lost the money, con-tact Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200.

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Stiffer sentences for drunk drivers may soon be making their way into Canadian law books.

Introduced as a private member’s bill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, Bill C-226 the ‘Impaired Driving Act’ offers the courts greater discretion in handing down harsher sentences, including longer jail terms for impaired driv-ing causing death and for repeat drunk drivers.

Langley Conservative MP Mark Warawa applauded the new bill introduced by former Public Safe-ty Minister and fellow Tory, Steven Blaney.

When the Conservatives were in power, Warawa introduced a private member’s bill called Kassandra’s Law, which called for the offence of impaired driving causing death to be designated ‘vehicular homicide.’

If C-226 is passed, the maximum sentence for impaired driving caus-ing bodily harm will increase from 10 to 14 years, offering justices greater discretion, while repeat of-fenders will face a one-year prison sentence for a second offence, and a two-year sentence for a third of-fence.

For impaired driving causing death, sentences will vary from fi ve to 25 years depending on severity and aggravating factors.

When more than one life is lost, justices will be able to apply consec-utive sentences

“This legislation stands as a way forward to keep our roads safe,” said Warawa.

“The leading cause of criminal death in Canada is impaired driving.”

More than 1,200 Canadians are killed every year by drunk drivers.

This legislation is in line with the private member’s bill that Warawa introduced in the last Parliament, he said.

“In 2011, 22-year-old Kassandra Kaulius was tragically killed by a drunk driver.

“Following Kassandra’s death, her family joined other victims’ families with the resolve to ensure that what happened to Kassandra would nev-er happen to another son or daugh-ter,” said Warawa.

“They created an organization called Families for Justice.”

More than 100,000 Canadians have signed the petition, which calls for changes to the Criminal Code.

This announcement comes on the heels of the provincial government’s decision to toughen up driving laws for repeat impaired drivers.

Now repeat offenders will be re-quired to take the Responsible Driv-er Program which includes coun-selling and possibly the Ignition Interlock Program.

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Sayah Yousefi of R.E. Mountain Secondary has won the prestigious Loran Scholarship Award after an intensive series of interviews and rigorous application process.

Sayah is an International Baccalaureate grade 12 student and was one of only 80 fi nalists (two per cent of applicants) and one of only 30 recipients of the award.

The award comes with $100,000 of tuition and stipends over four years as well as constant testing and expanding of the students’ limits during their undergraduate career.

“We want them to really go out into the unknown. We are really trying sometimes to destabilize them; that’s where the learning happens,” said Franca Gucciardi, the executive director and CEO of the Loran Scholars Foundation.

Before courses even start in the fall, students take part in a week-long wilderness expedition, including a 24-hour solitary period. They are strongly encouraged to study outside their home province. And in the summers during university, they are helped to fi nd an

internship – in a non-profi t, the private sector or a startup.

R.E. Mountain Principal Magdy Ghobrial spoke on behalf of the REMSS community saying, “we are extremely proud of Sayeh and her accomplishments!”

Long Service Awards for District staff

REMSS student Sayah Yousefi wins Loran Scholarship Award

The Langley School District Board of Education is pleased to recognize employees who have given 20, 30, 40 or 50 years of service to the students of Langley.

Pictured are: (20 year) K. Beatty, K. Bradley, D. Camparmo, L. Campbell, S. Cho, S. Fast, C. Fernandes, D. French, M. Gore, B. Gough, J. Jones, M. Lavoie, H. Linder, L. McConnell, C. Oppenshaw, J. Penner, E. Regier, J. Vanberkel; (30 year) S. Bauder, K, Elliot, P. Johnson, B. Peck; (40 year) P. Fee, J Rempel; (50 year) E. Hough)

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Doing without is part of the processAn interesting debate sprang

up online last week. It was spurred by a young

woman’s open letter to her em-ployer, complaining that her mi-nuscule wage (something that amounted to slightly over $8/hour after taxes) wasn’t enough for her to pay her rent in San Francisco, where the tech com-pany she worked for is based.

I say ‘worked’ because her very public tirade got an almost immediate result, in that it cost her that low-paying job within two hours.

But the internet wasn’t done with her yet. Soon, a 30-something wom-an weighed in, publicly schooling the young ingrate about how actual hard work and sacrifi ce look and feel.

She explained in great detail that in the past — as far back as a decade or two ago — people who wanted to be successful in life were willing to work their way up from the bottom.

It got me thinking about what it was like for me and my friends to be young and just creeping out from underneath our parents’ protective wing.

There are arguments to be made on both sides of the issue, but I probably tend to fall on the side of the older woman, knowing fi rst-hand what it’s like to spend days at a stretch surviving on sauceless generic noodles.

There’s no question the world has changed over the past cou-ple decades. Job prospects are diminishing and student debt is at an all-time high.

That said, I don’t personally recall a time when many peo-ple I knew were landing jobs that paid top dollar straight out of college.

A lot, including myself, wait-ed tables, working for min-imum wage plus tips, and somehow found ways to make

ends meet. Usually, that meant living with roommates (plural) to take a bit of the sting out of city rents.

And it wasn’t like your closest friends always needed a new place to live at the same time you did. Sometimes you just had to spin the wheel and hope for the best.

Taking on a stranger as a roommate is kind of like cranking the wheel on one of those toy-in-a-plastic-bubble machines. You never know what you’re going to get.

Some turn out to be that most sought-after prize — a life-long friend. Others, well.

I had one roommate, a perfectly love-ly woman, who upon breaking up with her boyfriend, immediately ran out and bought a dog.

Two weeks later, in a move that sur-prised no one, she got back together

with her boyfriend. That left the dog home alone most days to chew up ev-erything I owned, in what was obvious-ly a serious case of misplaced aggres-sion.

Probably the most memorable case, though, was a guy who was one of about eight of us sharing a house, during what was unquestionably the longest summer of my life.

This guy spoke to nobody. Instead, he stayed locked in his room at all times — except, that is, when he’d creep out in the middle of the night to steal ev-eryone else’s food.

The jig was up the night he decided he’d like a cup of tea to go with his pil-fered midnight snack.

Presumably overcome by the sheer effort of not buying his own groceries, he returned to bed before the water had boiled and ended up melting the kettle onto the stove.

He was just one of a handful of food thieves I roomed with in my 20s.

As aggravating as it can be to endure the bizarre habits of the people we share space with, it’s these experiences — or so we’re told — that build char-acter.

Failing that, the associated misery almost always makes for better stories than, ‘Hey, remember that time I lived alone in peace, paid all my bills on time and still had enough money left over to buy the good noodles?’

It took two years, a Supreme Court case, an immense amount of time and effort by service providers and city officials, and a great deal of public money, but the squalid Gladys Avenue homeless protest camps are finally gone.

Far more important than the mere end of an eyesore, the absence of the tents and trash in the downtown core represents a huge mea-sure of progress in terms of how homeless-ness is now being dealt with in this city.

From the embarrassing incident of city staff spreading chicken manure on a homeless squat on Gladys in 2013, the City of Abbotsford now has a far more progressive policy regard-ing street people, a temporary 40-bed shelter has been built on Riverside, and work is soon to start on a permanent supportive housing project for the homeless.

To say this city has come a long way would be an understatement.

Conversely, to believe the problem has gone away, would be a grave error.

Homelessness remains a serious challenge in Abbotsford, as it is in many communities.

There is an acute shortage of appropriate housing in this city. Service providers for the homeless are stretched thin. Support systems dealing with core causes such as addiction are overloaded.

In particular, mental health facilities are woefully inadequate.

The vast majority of those long-term solu-tions are far beyond the scope and means of city hall, which cannot assume the responsi-bilities of the federal and provincial govern-ments.

In respect of the latter, it must be acknowl-edged that Abbotsford would not have made the progress it did in terms of addressing homelessness without provincial support and funding.

The past few years have brought this issue into sharp focus, demonstrated there are ef-fective ways to deal with it, and defined future needs.

Despite all the continuing challenges, it’s a major step forward for all concerned.

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Editor: Re: ‘A dog’s breakfast of de-velopment, (The Times Feb. 24)

What is the Township do-ing? Langley is becoming a night-mare.

The lack of infrastructure in this city is mind-blowing, and yet every street that we drive down in Wil-loughby and other areas is sched-uled for development with town homes and condos.

This is getting way out of hand. Soon there will be no more green

spaces left. All the trees will be cut down,

which by the way is extremely im-portant to absorb pollution and emit oxygen.

Traffi c is already a nightmare ev-erywhere you go, and we can’t even fathom what it will be like in the near future.

We need roads widened now, not in years. We need more green spaces and proper sidewalks and walking trails. This all boils down to common sense management.

This needs to start now. There needs to be a moratorium

on housing until infrastructure has caught up.

CAROL MIDDLE,

LANGLEY

Editor: The provincial government recently an-nounced perhaps arbitrary and illegal changes to the disability bus pass program.

Apparently, the govern-ment is cancelling the rel-atively inexpensive, conve-nient, and simple $45 per year disability bus pass.

The changes appear arbi-trary because the disability community was allegedly not contacted.

Moreover, the changes seem illegal because the B.C. government is alleged-ly violating contract law by cancelling the $45 per year disability bus pass in Sep-

tember when the disability bus pass does not expire un-til Dec. 31, 2016.

Consequently, the B.C. government owes each dis-abled person, who holds a $45 per year disability bus pass, a $15.40 refund, which is for the four months left on the disability bus pass that disabled people will be unable to utilize.

To do otherwise is to seemingly violate contract law.

Finally, no one is above the rule of law.

LINDA MEYER,

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE/LEGAL ADVOCATE

Editor: The following is an ex-cerpt of an open letter to Town-ship Council:

The decisions of council on de-sign and location of the proposed Aldergrove recreation centre have made many people in Aldergrove and the rest of Langley lack confi -dence in council.

The pool must be made larger. I realize that the consulting group stated that a six-lane, 25-metre pool would be adequate for Al-dergrove but really the consult-ing group just said what council wanted to hear.

I was recently at the Walnut Grove pool. Their large pool is more than twice the size of Alder-grove’s proposed pool.

They also have another large pool that is meant for young-er children to play in, which we would not have in the winter time.

Eliminate the wave pool. It would only be open in the sum-mer time. We need a larger, year-round pool in Aldergrove far more.

The pool should be at least 35 metres long and eight lanes, with a deep area to accommodate a regular sized diving board and rope swing area. Eliminating the wave pool would free up monies for a larger pool and a roof.

The other problem which needs to be remedied is to partner up with the Parks Regional District to replace the Aldergrove Lake with an updated version with a proper cement bottom and fi lter system.

The old Aldergrove Lake was

very well used and needed up-grades. Due to that, it was shut down. I cannot imagine the luna-cy that went into that decision — “The lake is so well used that the old fi ltration system can’t handle it, so let’s shut it down and then spend millions of dollars to build an outdoor pool that is smaller and won’t meet the needs of the community.”

Aldergrove Lake was free to the public, so even those with low income could attend every day in the heat of the summer with their families.

I am wondering how often low-er income families could afford to spend the $10 a day or more to attend the new complex in the summer time.

The new pool won’t have the huge shade trees that made Al-dergrove Lake so pleasant be-cause it is in the middle of a com-mercial district.

Most of the year the outdoor, year-round pool will feel cold without some way to warm the air.

To attend swimming lessons families will still be forced to attend the other pools, and les-sons are fi lled quickly. I recently went to the Walnut Grove Pool at 3 p.m. Parking was hard to fi nd and the pool was very overcrowd-ed. When leaving, I went onto the freeway and it took 45 minutes to return to Aldergrove.

Our mayor says we already have a large pool in Langley so we don’t need one in Aldergrove. Try telling that to parents who would like to put their children into

swimming lessons and would need to spend hours after school taking their children to a lesson, waiting for the lesson to be over and then driving home to cook

supper for the family. Enlarge the pool and make the

air warm around the pool. It won’t cost more.

The money is already in the

budget if you eliminate the wave pool.

DIANNE KASK,

ALDERGROVE

Editor: Re: Parking stall (The Times, Feb. 26) The onus to pro-vide more parking spaces per unit should start with the Town-ship.

Have you ever tried to park at the municipal building on any weekday morning?

While I have been told by those

responsible that the allotment of spaces meets zoning require-ments, I have also been told by staff that they are told to park in the lots of adjoining businesses if they are unable to fi nd parking on the municipal property.

CAM LOCHHEAD,

LANGLEY

A then six-year-old Jill Scott and Colten Myers, 4, beat the summer heat in 2010 with a visit to Aldergrove Lake.The outdoor swimming pool has since been fi lled in, and Aldergrove resident Dianne Kask says plans for a new outdoor pool and water park in the community aren’t enough to replace it.

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End of an era coming as Executive Director announces June retirement

The Board of Directors has received a Notice of Retirement from Executive Director Lynn Whitehouse effective on June 30th of this year.

We have engaged Davies Park Executive Search to assist with the implementation of our succession plan. We are seeking a candidate to carry on the exemplary work of staff and Boards of past years, and to facilitate the transition of our Board governance from that of an operational to a policy model. We have big shoes to fill.

I would like to recognize member Corey Doell from Norlang Auto Repair for initiating dialogue with the RCMP concerning business crime in the Langley.

As a result, the Chamber has coordinated meetings with law enforcement and representatives of the various business organizations to take proactive action to improve

reporting procedures to assist the RCMP.

The Advocacy Committee is working on a number of resolutions to take to the BC Chamber of Commerce AGM held in May in Kelowna. Issues that will be advocated on behalf of our members include Property Taxes, Changes to the Sales

Tax, Protection of Industrial Lands, Transportation, Crime Reduction, and Improvements to Credit Card Processing.

We recently participated in Chamber of Commerce Week to recognize the contributions that Chambers make to communities. We thank our local media outlets the Langley Advance and the Langley Times for their magnificent efforts to highlight the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our members for their continued support and participation.

Last, I encourage our members to

consider contributing at the Board level. We are the voice of business for our community. As a member of the Board, you have direct input into the development of the objectives for the term and in advancing the strategic plan of our organization. The election for positions on the Board of Directors will take place at the 85th AGM of the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce to be held this June. I encourage any members who wish to be nominated to contact myself, any member of the Board of Directors, or Executive Director Lynn Whitehouse at the Chamber Office for further information.

Our mission to is create the best environment for business in the City and the Township of Langley.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Scott Johnston, President

March 15Dinner Meeting: Langley Leadership Panel

March 16Lunch & Learn:Are you Bankable? Understanding the Business Lending Process

March 16South Langley Networking Open House at Artful Dodger Pub and Liquor Store

March 24U40 KPU Brewing Lab Tasting Event

March 31Open Late for Business

April 27Fraser Valley Chambers of Commerce Business Showcase in Abbotsford

June 9Annual GLCC Golf Tournament at Redwoods

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Get ready to take a swing at the annual Chamber of Commerce Golf TournamentSponsorship opportunities are now available and golfer registration is open

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The Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its hugely popular Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at the beautiful Redwoods Golf Course in Langley.

This is a fantastic opportunity for your business to be a part of one of Langley’s premier golf tournaments.

The cost to golf is $195.00 + GST per golfer and includes a tailgate brunch, shared power golf cart, 18 holes, gourmet BBQ dinner and prizes!

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Opportunity for small businesses to grow with social media, says local expert

Six myths about business coachingCourtesy of Business Development Bank of Canada

“Business coaching is a waste of money. I already know what’s wrong with my business. I don’t have time for this.”

Entrepreneurs have a lot of preconceived notions when it comes to business coaching. But if these beliefs are holding you back from getting an effective business coach, you’re missing a huge opportunity to improve your skills and your business’s performance, says BDC’s Business Consultant Nyron Drepaul.

“Business coaching is management training for entrepreneurs specifically tailored for their unique situation,” Drepaul says. “It helps you make better decisions and become a better leader.”

Here are the most common myths about business coaching, and the real story.

Myth No. 1“Coaching is expensive and I

need to save money.”The reality? Running a

healthy, well-managed business leads to both cost savings and growing profits.

“Coaching is about learning how to identify inefficiencies in your company and learning how to fix them, so you can save more in the long-term,” says Drepaul, who has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs. “Not fixing these problems means profit is leaking away every day.”

Myth No. 2“I don’t have time for this. I’m too busy running my business.”

Most entrepreneurs spend their time fixing problems and fighting fires. But, by not taking the time to get on top of fundamental challenges, you’re accepting that your problems will continue and probably get worse.

“A business coach can help you identify and resolve the root

cause to get out of this vicious cycle,” Drepaul says. “I structure my clients’ time so they make the most progress within a set and manageable period—usually, two to three hours per week.”

Myth No. 3“I already know what’s wrong in my business.”

Visible problems are usually symptoms of bigger issues that can only be identified through a careful, thorough assessment.

Don’t waste your money treating symptoms that will come back if the root cause is not identified and addressed, Drepaul says. A business coach will take a holistic view of your business, find the underlying cause of the problem and then coach you on how to fix it.

Myth No. 4“Coaching won’t change anything in my company.”

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Local businesses throughout the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland can compete more effectively with larger companies in their neighbourhoods by harnessing the largely-underutilized field of social media, says one local expert.

Brian Bevilacqua, senior manager for communications and public relations at First West Credit Union and its Envision Financial division says he sees enormous potential for the many local businesses he comes in contact with to boost their brand recognition through online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google Plus, Yelp and others.

“Social media plays an increasingly important role in the way we as humans do business and make purchasing decisions. Large national and international companies know this and have invested significant resources in slick social media programs,” he says, “but smaller local businesses often struggle to take advantage of social media.”

Bevilacqua offers small business owners four key social media suggestions to help them grow their business:

Be focused. Start by creating a plan that answers the fundamental questions like, what

is your business trying to achieve with social media? Who is your target audience? Which social networks will best enable you to connect with the people that matter to you? What sort of content should you produce and share? How will you measure success? A clear, focused plan will help you decide how best to invest your limited energy, and will ensure that what you’re doing in social media is tightly aligned to your business’ goals.

Be human. One of the most common mistakes businesses make with social media is approaching it like just another advertising channel. Your target audience isn’t using social media because they want to be sold to by a company—they’re using it to have conversations and make genuine human connections. If you want to engage them, ditch the in-your-face sales pitches and look for opportunities to create or engage in authentic

conversations. Interact with specific individuals. Share content that’s meaningful to the audience you want to engage. When you’re genuinely social on social media, the people who matter will ultimately see the value your business offers and they’ll stay engaged.

Be visually engaging. When it comes to creating and sharing content, digital media is your best friend. Don’t just talk at people with sterile text—wherever possible, use attention-grabbing images and videos to start conversations, tell your story, demonstrate who you are and show what you care about. You’ll capture people’s

interest and you might even inspire others to share your

content with their own social networks.

Be immediate. Social media is

instantaneous. It’s “right now”.

For businesses, that means

responding right away to the questions, feedback and comments (including

negative comments) that come your way. It means sharing

content in the moment, when it’s fresh and still happening.

Bevilacqua also advises small business owners apprehensive of taking first steps in social media to consult with millennial generation colleagues, friends or family members, and to tap into the wealth of online knowledge on using social media for business.

“You may find yourself pleasantly surprised at just how easy social media can be and how much you enjoy participating,” he says. “The joy of seeing your local business make authentic connections with other people through social media is addictive.”

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WHO’S WHO at the Chamber

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHTNEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Welcome to the Welcome to the Langley Chamber!Langley Chamber!

Please join us in welcoming the newest GLCC Chamber members!Pictured (L-R): Frank Bucholtz, Barb Ruscheinski, B. Comm. Human Resources / OH&S Business Services and European Stoneworks Ltd.

Not-Pictured: Country Lane Antiques, e-Forensic Services Inc., Excel Martial Arts Langley, GM Drafting and Design Inc., Heather Newport Inc., Lionaire Holdings Ltd., The Newleader Company and Partners for Growth Advisory Services Inc.

For more details about all Chamber members please visit www.langleychamber.com for a complete Membership Directory.


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT ~ Scott Johnston,

Campbell Burton & McMullan LLPVICE-PRESIDENT ~ Jack Nicholson, Otter Co-opSECRETARY-TREASURER ~ Paul van Koll, Deloitte LLPPAST PRESIDENT ~ Kristine Simpson, BDO Canada LLP

COMMUNITY DIRECTORS ALDERGROVE ~ Scott Waddle, Precision Auto Service Ltd.LANGLEY CITY ~ Mike Morrison, Envision FinancialNORTH LANGLEY ~ Rick Barnett, Valley First Aid Ltd. SOUTH LANGLEY ~ Brad Kiendl, HSBC Bank of Canada

DIRECTORS AT LARGECLAUDE CHOQUETTE, Audacious Living Inc.JANE FEE, Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityTAMMY REA, TD Canada TrustJANIS RYDER, Trinity Western UniversityGARTH WHITE, Avison Young Commercial Real EstateSHERRI-LEE WOYCIK, Social Media Minder

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A business coach will provide you with a systematic approach and tools you can use

business unless you’re convinced of the benefits of the change and know how to make it happen. The right business coach can help you better understand your business and develop leadership skills. That will enable you to make changes that will have a positive impact on your company’s performance.

“Coaching helps entrepreneurs become more confident,” Drepaul says. “At the end, you have a better understanding of your business’ strengths and weaknesses and know how to make it more successful.”

Myth No. 5“I don’t need another advisor. I need someone to fix my problems.”

Think of coaching as a learning experience. The goal is to transfer knowledge and know-how to you and your management team.

“Business coaching is about teaching you how to fish, not fishing for you,” Drepaul says. “It’s about teaching you the knowledge and skills to address problems on your own.”

Myth No. 6“My accountant and lawyer give me advice. Why should I pay someone else to do it?”

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Last fall, Myra Ford, 71, learned that the Volunteer Driver Program was being cancelled by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).

It had been a lifeline — her only affordable way to get from Cloverdale to her chemotherapy treatments at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver.

She needed to make the trip every three weeks and

wasn’t able to get there on her own — or pay $100 for a taxi.

Until mid-2014, her husband was her primary driver to chemo appoint-ments, but that year, he was suddenly diagnosed with cancer himself and died four months later.

Ford’s daughter Leslie, who has three kids and works full-time, drove her mom to her appointments until last year, when they

were involved in a serious crash on the highway in Langley.

Both women were badly hurt and Ford is still recov-ering from a back injury.

It was all “more stress you don’t need,” she says, and her daughter’s injury made it impossible for her to drive her mother anymore.

Ford perked up in early February when she suddenly got a call from John MacInnes, one of the volunteer drivers with the previous cancer society program. It turned out that he was working behind the scenes on getting the

old gang back under a new name — same good ser-vice, less paperwork for the organizers.

The new incarnation is called the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society (VCDS), and it’s composed of the same people who volunteered with the cancer society, but they are now not affi liated with it.

“He kept my phone number and thought of me when this thing was going to get off the ground,” says a grateful Ford, who describes MacInnes as a particularly good listener among the old service’s many good drivers.

When the CCS cancelled its volunteer drivers pro-gram, its press release said the cancellation was based on “factors such as similar government-funded driving programs, decreasing volunteers and ridership as well as increasing operat-ing costs.”

“I fi nd that hard to believe,” says Ford, calling cancer an “epidemic.”

The society suggest-ed patients who needed rides use the Freemasons’ service or other user-pay services.

Ford rang up the Freema-sons.

“I phoned twice. I never got a call back.”

She sometimes paid for other services, but was of-ten told the appointments were too short-notice (they wouldn’t accept anything less than 48 hours).

“If you needed a ride, you were out of luck,” Ford says.

The VCDS, which began service on Feb. 29, would also like 48 hours’ notice, but is not so strict as to refuse service otherwise.

Drivers will pick up clients on the North Shore, the Tri-Cities, Delta, Surrey, White Rock and Langley, and will go to any hospital or cancer-related medical appointments — even as far as Abbotsford.

“I can’t believe how vast it’s going to be,” says Ford.

To make best use of their time, drivers sometimes pick up multiple patients and carpool.

“I fi nd people like to talk about their ailments,” Ford says with a chuckle.

Since it’s run entirely by volunteers, there is no charge for the service.

“It would be fair enough to say that the drivers were

really affected by the peo-ple we were driving, both them and their families,” explains MacInnes.

“We knew the stress they were under from the stand-point of having transporta-tion completely eliminated, never mind what their fam-ilies were going through.”

The real keeper, he says, is the volunteer base.

“I was at a meeting yes-terday and about 30 people showed up,” says George Garrett, a program coordi-nator and former volunteer driver who also advocates for the Alzheimer Society of B.C.

“Our legacy is going to be that we’re still going to be here 25 years from now,” says MacInnes, who is 81, and was a volunteer cancer driver for nine years with the CCS — a program that itself lasted about a quar-ter-century.

“Here we are, we’ve got superb people that are dedicated and have all had experience with cancer pa-tients. If you haven’t driven, you don’t understand the attachment we have with cancer patients.”

Garrett still has a home-made card given to him by a girl who he often drove to cancer treatments.

It says, “To George, my favourite cancer driver: Thank you for being so kind.”

“Unfortunately, she died a few months later,” Garrett says.

The Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society is seeking both volunteer drivers (not just retirees, but anyone with a clean driving record) and donations for the cost of fuel. For more info, visit www.volunteercancerdriv-ers.ca/ or call 604-515-5400.

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Volunteers driven to help cancer patients

A cancer patient, Myra Ford is among the fi rst clients of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society — the same people who drove cancer patients under a previous program that was cancelled last year by the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Roy Cléments and Clemo’s Cru-sade for Hospice have partnered with classical guitarist Matthew Silverman to host a benefi t concert in support of the Langley Hospice Society.

The second annual Night of Classic

Guitar is happening March 5 at St. George’s Anglican Church Hall, 9160 Church St.

In addition to the amazing sounds of classical guitar, there will be light refreshments served, a silent auc-tion, and wine and beer available

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She calls it a “modern day ghost story,” but not one full of fantasy and make-believe characters.

Brookswood author Jo Macleod has based her fi rst book, Heaven Help Us, on an actual paranormal event that happened to her.

“I was compelled to write it after the event — totally compelled. I had to tell people what happened,” said Macleod, a retired ICBC adjuster, who moved to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland in 1991.

Macleod didn’t want to give away too many details of what this event actually is, describ-ing it simply as a “spirit rescue” that happened with a medita-tion group in Surrey in 2006.

This is where the story begins. From there, the book

traces back to the lives of two families in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century, 1895. There are two children — one dies and one vanishes — and

Macleod leaves it open to the reader to decide what happened.

The story then fl ips back to the present time for the climax, which takes place in Macleod’s living room.

“I’m not trying to con-vert anyone into a be-lief system or anything ... I’ve just been able to make a fi ctional story to incorporate some-thing that did happen,”

Macleod said.“It’s not scary in any way,

it’s not written with that kind of twist on it. It’s written with more of an intrigue and it just comes naturally.”

Macleod began writing the story in 2009, and self pub-lished it online in 2012.

Having no professional writing training, she decided to take the book off the market, hire an editor, join the Langley Writers’ Guild and rework the story.

In November, 2015 she repub-lished an extended version of the book through Balboa Press. She is now planning a sequel.

“I have a neighbour across the street from me and she actually read the book about four times, she just loves it,” Macleod said.

“I think once you’ve heard the story, you’re either capti-vated by it or you’re not inter-ested at all, it’s just not your kind of thing. And obviously, it’s not going to be everyones kind of thing.”

This Saturday, March 5, Macleod will be doing a book signing at the Langley Chap-ters, 20015 Langley Bypass, from 2-5 p.m.

For more, visit her website www.jomacleod.com.


Langley Fine Arts is celebrating the 10th year of their PA-MOJA program with a fundraising birth-day bash, and is inviting the public to attend.

On Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. join the school and alumni band Derrival in a night of music, presentations and student performances.

Cost is a minimum $10 donation for students and $15 for all others.

Formerly known as Project Kenya Sister Schools, the program helps Kenyan children at-tend school through donations and sister school partnerships. LFAS works with Ol Pejeta Conser-vancy school, in the Laikipia region of Kenya.

PA-MOJA, a Swahili word for together, began

with a small group at LFAS, and now works with schools across North America. Last year they raised $17,000, which went towards 100 bur-saries for students to attend high school, 125 uniforms, desks, school supplies and a nursery school.

“It helps connect our school with one goal and create a cultural exchange so we can breakdown the stereotypes in Kenya,” said Jessica Schmidt, a Grade 11 student at LFAS.

“(The Kenyan students are) people like us who have dreams and inspirations that are just born into less fortunate situations.”

For more information on the PA-MOJA pro-gram, visit http://www.langleyfi nearts.com/pa-moja.htm.

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Appointments not required. Actors must

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All are welcome. For more info, contact pro-ducer Diane Gendron at [email protected].

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Dozens of vendors will be offering the very best of all that’s bridal, including gowns, men’s wear, jewelry, music, wedding cakes/cup-cakes and more.

General admission is $10 and brides and grooms are free.

Visit www.fraserval-leyweddingfestival.com for more info and ticket purchase. Tickets also available at the door.

•••The fourth Hardware

Biennale is on at the Fort Gallery, 9048 Glover Rd., until March 13.

Artists were asked to create pieces of art using $40 worth of mer-chandise purchased

from a hardware store.The assignment took

each artist out of their comfort zone and the creations that resulted were amazing.

Join the artists for the opening reception on March 3 from 7-9 p.m. This is in conjunction with the March First Thursday free commu-nity arts event, featur-ing local saw musician Alex Bartel. Visit www.fortgallery.ca for more.

•••The 2016 World Day

of Prayer is taking place Friday, March 4, this year featuring a special focus on Cuba and the women of that country.

In Langley, a service will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Unit-ed Churches of Langley, 21562 Old Yale Road.

The ‘Wizard of Oz’ goes Steampunk

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Good old-fashioned barn danceMIRANDA GATHERCOLETimes Reporter

Get your dancing shoes ready.This Saturday, March 5, the

West Coast Fiddlers are hosting their 10th annual barn dance.

The fundraising event will help send the group of stu-dents to play in New York in May, followed by a fi ddle cruise in the Maritimes.

“It’s a combination of sight-seeing in the Maritimes and workshops on the boat,” said Csilla Wilson, whose son and daughter play in the group.

“It’s going to be really neat.”The West Coast Fiddlers are

made up of 12 student musi-cians, ages 9-17, from across the Fraser Valley, working under the direction of the Sabir Sisters. They play a blend of Celtic, Cape Breton and tradi-tional fi ddle music.

The barn dance is open to people of all ages and dancing experience, this year featuring Scottish country dancing call-ing by Rebecca Blackhall-Pe-ters.

“They demonstrate the dancing, it’s kind of like square dancing but not quite because it’s Celtic,” Wilson said.

“The kids love it.”

There will be live music by the West Coast Fiddlers, The Tartan Players and Sabir Sisters Music Studio students, a silent auction, and a country dinner of corn chowder, pulled pork, hot dogs and other snacks.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children, and are avail-able at the door or in advance by emailing [email protected] or calling 604-312-7578.

The event is being held at SouthRidge Fellowship, 22756 48 Ave.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dance begins at 6:30 p.m.

Imagine That! Productions is presenting a ver-sion of The Wizard of Oz a little different than the usual “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” musical.

Based on the original novel by L. Frank Baum, director/producer Faith Toronchuk is giving The Wizard of Oz a Steampunk twist.

Members of the audience are encouraged to wear their own Steampunk attire during the per-formances.

Show times are March 4 at 7:30 p.m. and March 5 and 6 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2495789, through cast and crew members, or at the door (cash only).

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St. Paddy’s Day dinner and entertainment featuring the Irish Wakers March 9 at Lang-ley Senior Centre. A celebration of songs and dance music of Ireland, with nods to the Canadian Maritimes and to seafarers every-where. Dinner 5:30 p.m., entertainment 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Members $35 non-members $45. Book tickets at 604-530-3020.

Enjoy a tour of India with Langley residents Art and Robin on March 16 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Muriel Arnason Library (130 20338 65 Ave). The pair will share both memories and pho-tos from their recent trip. Go on a tiger safari, learn about the architecture, forts and tem-ples, people, and transportation in India. Free, but registration is required. Call 604-532-3590.

Strata Housing Learn about the many facets of strata living including strata councils, strata fees, contingency reserve funds, unit entitlement, insurance coverage, bylaws and rules on March 23 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Langley Senior Recreation Centre (20605 51B Ave). Free and open to the public. Register at 604-530-3020. Drop-ins are welcome.

Opus One Women’s Choir meets Wednesday nights, 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at RE Mountain Band Room. This three-part women’s choir accepts new members (no experience necessary) throughout the year. No audition. For more info email [email protected].

Langley Lions Club is looking for new members. To learn what Lions Clubs do in the community, come to an open house on March 17 at 6:15 p.m. at the West Langley Community Hall at 9400 208 St. For more info, contact Charles at 604-533-7200 or Barbara at 604-533-1949.

Fibromyalgia Well Spring Foundation 8th Annual Celebration Dinner on National Fibromyalgia Day. May 12, 5 p.m. at Newlands Golf and Country Club, 21025 48 Ave. Entertainers Darlene Cozart, Olie Olson, Rob Heeland and Nigel Tucker. Silent auction and ticket basket draw. Tickets $75 available at #109 20631 Fraser Hwy.

First Capital Chorus is looking for men who love to sing. Rehearsals every Thursday evening from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Willoughby Church, 20525 72 Ave. For more information, call Gord at 604-530-4795 or John at 604-888-0435.

All That Jazz Workshop introductory dance and fi tness class with basic body stretch, light cardio and basic jazz moves March 4, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Register at Langley Senior Centre by calling 604-530-3020. Members $10. Non-members $15.

Join the Langley Field Naturalists on March 11 at 9 a.m. to visit the Mountain View Crown Lands. Meet at the railway overpass on Raw-linson Crescent between 232 and 240 Streets. Leaders are Bob Puls and Al Grass. For infor-mation or to participate call 604-576-6831 or 604-538-8774.

Langley Field Naturalists visit the Houston Trail in Derby Reach Regional Park March 5, 9 a.m. Topic will be Birds and Bryophytes (various mosses). Leader is Phil Henderson. Meet at the Houston Trail parking lot on Allard Crescent. Contact 604-576-6831 or

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Langley Lodge New 2U Clothing Boutique (5451 204 St.) is having a $2 blowout sale on clean, gently-used ladies clothing. Sale is March 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds used to benefi t Langley Lodge residents.

Kids Swap Meet at Cloverdale Fairgrounds (6050 176 St.) on March 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Everything from toys, clothing, books, baby equipment and more. Small businesses and home-based businesses welcome. To rent a table call 604-533-1970.

Small Animal Rescue Society urgently requires mature, reliable volunteers for help at their rabbit shelter in Aldergrove on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Or Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Own transportation required. Contact Muriel 604-530-3297.

Modern dance class at Brookswood Senior Citizens Activity centre “Groove with Gina” on Sundays 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. New instructor back after teaching several years in Fiji. Visit Brookswood.ca or call Gina at 604-615-0327 for more information.

FORTifi ed Dragonboat team in the Fort Langley Canoe Club is recruiting new paddlers. If you are physically fi t and born in 1965 or earlier, contact Sandy at [email protected] or Terry at [email protected] for more information.

Osteoporosis Canada Langley Branch meeting March 14, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Langley Seniors’ Centre, 20605 51B Ave. Guest speaker is Anne Shreck, retired physiotherapist, on exercising correctly and reducing pain. Everyone welcome.

Golden Agers bowling at West Langley Hall 208 St. and 94 Ave. Monday mornings at 10 a.m. Contact Helen Williams at 604-807-3107.

Langley Concert Band meets Monday nights, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at RE Mountain band room 7755 202A St. Accepting new members with at least one year’s experience. For more info email [email protected] or call 604-613-8132.

Port Kells Art Club classes every Monday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New members welcome. Annual cost: $30. The club exhibits three to four times per year. Located at 20701 Fraser Hwy. Contact Linda Hamilton at 1-604-287-6799.

Langley Secondary School is hosting a Garden Mardi Gras dry grad fashion show on March 8 at 7 p.m. Proceeds from the fundraiser go to the LSS dry grad. Tickets at the door, $10 adults, $5 students.

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A defensive lapse in the third quarter cost the Walnut Grove Gators in the Fraser Valley championship fi nal.

The Gators led the Tamanaw-is Wildcats 44-36 at the half, but surrendered 34 points in a 10-minute span in the senior boys 4A basketball champion-ship game on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.

The Wildcats led 70-66 after three quarters and then hung on for a 93-91 victory in a back-and-forth thrilling game.

“Defence. A lack of solid de-fence by our guys,” said Walnut Grove coach George Bergen fol-lowing the game.

“You can’t win like that,” he said, referencing the third quar-ter.

Tamanawis led by as many as eight points in the fourth quar-ter, but the Gators battled back to tie the score at 91 with less than a minute remaining.

And after Miguel Tomley hit

one of two free throws to put Tamanawis up for good, he stole the ball on the defensive end and again split his free throws. Walnut Grove got two shots off in the fi nal seconds, but neither would drop to force overtime.

Tomley earned most valuable player honours after leading the ’Cats with 35 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter alone.

The Tamanawis star missed the bulk of the fi rst half after picking up three fouls.

“We hung close and Miguel does what Miguel does and hit a bunch of shots in the second half,” said Wildcats coach Mike McKay.

“And we did a much better job of rebounding in the second half.”

The team was also missing post presence Gary Bhangu for a large portion of the fi rst half because of foul troubles.

“(Walnut Grove) hurt us on the glass while they were out,” McKay said.

“We were close. We were

down eight without two start-ers playing the majority of the fi rst half,” he added.

“I think we were in a good spot, we just had to continue with our game plan, pushing the ball up the fl oor and re-bounding the basketball.”

The Wildcats used the three-point shot to their advantage as they hit 13 shots from beyond the arc.

Walnut Grove hit seven three-pointers, including four from Santhosh Nandakumar. He fi nished with 20 points. Ty Rowell led Walnut Grove with 26 points and Jake Cowley had 16 points.

“We never quit and we fought until the end,” Bergen said.

Rowell and Cowley were both named fi rst team all-stars for Walnut Grove while Wei Chung was a second team selection.

Walnut Grove will now pre-pare for the B.C. 4A senior boys provincial championships which run March 9 to 12 at the LEC.

’Cats claw back vs. Gators

Walnut Grove Gators’ Wei Chung (#8) was named a second team all-star at the Fraser Valley senior boys 4A basketball championships. The Gators lost 93-91 to Gurman Bhangu (#5) and the Tamanawis Wildcats on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.

GARY AHUJA Langley Times

Langley Christian’s Hannah Krepp goes

up for the lay-up against the defence of Credo Christian’s

Caitlyn Sikma during the senior girls

1A Fraser Valley championship

game at Langley Christian on

Saturday night. The Lightning clamped down defensively

in the second half, allowing just 13 points over the

fi nal 20 minutes to turn a three-point

game into a 63-36 fi nal score. Both teams advance to next week’s B.C. provincial championship tournament at

Duncan Christian.The championships run March 9 to 12.

GARY AHUJA Langley Times

Lightning D leads wayGARY AHUJATimes Reporter

The Langley Christian Light-ning turned a close game into a rout after an outstanding third quarter on the defensive side of the ball.

The Lightning led the Cre-do Christian Kodiaks 26-23 at the break on Saturday night at the Fraser Valley senior girls 1A championship game at Langley Christian School.

But the 10 minutes following intermission saw the Kodiaks score just three points while the Lightning struck for 19 in the quarter to turn the close game into a decisive 63-36 Langley Christian victory.

“For us, defence is a huge part of what we try and do,” said Langley Christian coach Danielle Gardner.

“So for us to hold them to three points (in the quarter) was pretty solid.”

“Anytime you play hard de-fence, if your offence is strug-gling, it allows you that grace pe-riod,” she said.

“Our third quarter was not pret-ty,” said Kodiaks coach Sharon Al-lison. “It was not only because of poor shooting, it was turnovers, poor offensive execution and poor shot selection.”

Langley Christian used a bal-anced attack as nine players had at least four points.

Ali Wergeland — the tour-nament’s most valuable play-er — led the way with a dozen points while fi rst team all-stars Tabitha Meier and Katelyn Mal-lette had nine and seven points, respectively.

Credo Christian was led by 10 points from Jaylene Stam and eight from Hannah Allison.

The Lightning were the top seed while the Kodiaks were sec-ond heading into the Fraser Val-ley championships.

Credo Christian beat Agassiz 62-48 in one semifi nal on Friday while Langley Christian topped St. John Brebeuf 89-20 in the oth-er.

Langley Christian and Credo Christian — as well as Agassiz

— advance to next week’s provin-cial championships (March 9 to 12) at Duncan Christian.

The Lightning — who have three Grade 12s on the roster — are the defending provincial champs.

“It is one game at a time when you get to provincials. You have to battle, bring your ‘A’ game ev-ery day, ,” Gardner said.

For the Kodiaks, Allison said the team’s success hinges on good defensive play and rebounding.

“If we do this well, we will be successful,” she said. “We will go to provincials as a team of 12 that will play hard and together and if we do that, we will be a tough team to beat.”

•••Langley Christian’s Brennan

Gardner earned a second team all-star award but the Lightning senior boys came up short in their quest for a berth to the B.C. 2A provincial championships.

The Lightning lost 75-73 to Abbotsford Christian on Friday night.

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Langley’s Maya Clutch represented Zone 3 (Fras-er Valley) at the B.C. Winter Games in Penticton. Clutch won gold in the fl oor exercise.

DONNA MITCHELL Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games

Local athletes helped win 35 medals — in-cluding 16 gold — for Zone 3 Fraser Valley at the 2016 B.C. Winter Games in Penticton.

The Games ran Feb. 25 to 28.

The Langley, Fort Langley and Alder-grove athletes won 16 gold, six silver and 13 bronze medals.

Altogether, the Fra-

ser Valley zone was fourth in the medal race with a combined 86 medals (34 gold, 24 silver and 28 bronze).

Local divers led the way as both Jayden Poole and Jessie Nowotny notched a pair of gold medals in their respective cate-gories for the 1m and 3m competitions.

Karate athletes also

contributed greatly to the cause.

Anekah Teja won gold in her category, while Fiona Mclean and Nicholas Tyne won silver and Ishaan Narayan, Mehek Bud-shah and Nika Najafi all won bronze. Bud-shah, Mclean, Teja and Najafi also won silver in the girls team ku-mite and bronze in the

team kata.Tyne, Jodhan Brar,

Robert Truong and Newton Ma won bronze in the boys’ team kata competi-tion.

In speed skating, William Park won gold in the 3000m points race and 500m, as well as silver in the 1500m competition. Park was also part of the mixed

U16 squad for the 3000m that won gold. Elle Bush took bronze in the 400m.

Theodora Petrova won gold in the pro-vincial stream western individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics competition, as well as gold in the free and bronze in the rope. Victoria Kolganov won the all-around bronze

medal in rhythmic gymnastics, as well as gold in the individual hoop, silver in the free and bronze in the ball competitions.

Trevor Ma won the bronze in the all-around for gymnas-tics as well as silver in the rings and bronze in the fl oor exercise. Maya Crutch won gold in the fl oor exercise.

In judo, Detlin Schuchardt won gold

in his category and Ethan Phillips was golden in the youth moguls for freestyle skiing.

Jesse Meister won bronze in archery and Emmanuel Bussani won bronze in the sprint boys junior bi-athlon.

And Tanner Jung and Joel Aukema were part of the gold-medal win-ning wheelchair bas-ketball team.

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Trinity Western track and fi eld athletes cap-tured four gold, four silver and six bronze medals at the Canada West championships.

Regan Yee (1500m, 1000m) and Mire-lle Martens (3000m, 15000m) led the way with a gold and silver medal apiece while Hazel Ross also se-cured two medals, tak-ing silver in the high jump and bronze in the 60m hurdles.

Emma Nuttall (high jump) and Cale Her-nandez (heptathlon) were the other athletes to win gold.

The Spartans were in Saskatoon over the weekend for the cham-pionships with the women’s team placing fourth with 61 points while the men’s squad was tied for fourth with 47 points.

Lisa Brooking (3000m), Sophie Pauls (pentathlon), Nathan George (3000m), James Linde (long jump) and Nathan Dunford (pole vault) won bronze medals.

The Spartans now prepare for the CIS championships March 10 to 12 at York Univer-sity.

Yee, Martens lead the

wayThe Vancouver

Stealth played a near-perfect road game for three quar-ters on Saturday against the top team in the National La-

crosse League.But the fourth quar-

ter became the Adam Jones show as the Colorado Mammoth scored six times — in-cluding the game-win-

ner with one second to play — in an 11-10 come-f rom-behind victory.

The game was played on Saturday afternoon at Denver’s

Pepsi Center.The win im-

proved Colorado to a league-leading 7-2 while Vancouver fell to 3-5.

The Stealth were in full control for much of the game, leading 3-1 after one quarter, 6-2 at the half and 9-4 after three quarters.

But Jones scored six times in the fourth quarter, which was

just one shot less than the Stealth man-aged on goal in those 15 minutes.

“It was split into two games the way we played in the fi rst half and the second half,” Stealth head coach Dan Perreault said to NLL.com.

“We ran out of gas and Jones got hot.”

Rhys Duch and Lo-gan Schuss led Van-

couver with three goals and three as-sists apiece. Garrett Billings had four as-sists.

The Stealth return home on Saturday as they host the Buffalo Bandits at the Lang-ley Events Centre at 7 p.m. Vancouver looks for a third straight home victory.

See more at www.langleytimes.com.

Mammoth loss for Stealth in Colorado

They won their fi rst playoff game in program history, but the season is over for the Trinity Western Spar-tans women’s basketball team.

The Spartans lost their best-of-three Canada West quarter-fi nal series two games to one in Victoria over the weekend against the Vikes.

Victoria won game one 84-69 be-fore TWU stayed alive with an 84-79 win in game two behind 34 points

from Jessie Brown.Game three was 62-44 for the

Vikes. “We defi nitely turned the corner

in some regards and learned a lot throughout the entire process but I’m very excited for the steps for-ward we took.” said Spartans coach Cheryl Jean-Paul.

See www.langleytimes.com for more.

Game over for Spartans

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By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence.

You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required.

The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii.

Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, March 11, 2016 to:

Steve Scott - Ad Manager Peace Arch News #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to [email protected]

Advertising Sales Consultant

blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com

Now Hiring:

RAMP AGENT Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

About Us: Swissport International Ltd. is the leading Ground Services Provider to the airline industry.

Job Responsibilities: • Loading and unloading passenger baggage and cargo • Drive and/or operate ground support equipment • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Competencies: • Hold and maintain a valid B.C. drivers license • Must be able to work outdoors • Must be able to work various shifts• Must be able to repeatedly lift heavy objects

• Discounted travel• Extended medical & dental package

• Company uniforms provided

Please send resume: [email protected] or Fax: 604.207.9941 or apply online: www.swissport.com

N HHi i

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

21 COMING EVENTS

OLD VINTAGE & NEW COLLECTIBLE SALE

Fri. Mar 4, 9:30am-7pmSat. Mar 5, 9:30am-5pm

Exceptional furniture, Household, Silver, Crystal, China, Wood, Housewares, Toys, Games,

Trains, Tools, Record Players, Clothing, Old Books & Stamps, Cameras, Jewellery, Art Pieces,

Knicknacks & more.

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33 INFORMATION

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CHILDREN

86 CHILDCARE WANTED

F/T, In Home, Live out NANNY req by Family of 5 for their 6 yr old daughter. Involves meal prep, lunch box prep, light housekeeping, lndry, assisting in homework, school bus drop off/pick-up. Accompany her to after-school activities. $11/hr. Flex schedule a must. Full benefi ts. Lo-cated 200/52 Ave. Langley, BC. Email: [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today For Assistance: 1-844-453-5372.

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EXCELLENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Owner retiring, asking $59,000.00

Contact [email protected] or by phone 604-569-3358 or

cell 778 868-9712

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

START A NEW CAREER in Graph-ic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Edu-cation or Information Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765

130 HELP WANTED 130 HELP WANTED

To advertise in print:Call: 604-575-5555 Email: [email protected]

Self-serve: blackpressused.ca Career ads: localworkbc.ca

Browse more at:

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS ......... 1-8COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS .. 9-57TRAVEL .................................61-76CHILDREN ............................. 80-98EMPLOYMENT .................... 102-198BUSINESS SERVICES ............ 203-387PETS & LIVESTOCK ............... 453-483MERCHANDISE FOR SALE .... 503-587REAL ESTATE ..................... 603-696RENTALS .......................... 703-757AUTOMOTIVE .................... 804-862MARINE ........................... 903-920

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DISCRIMINATORYLEGISLATION

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Job Hunting?

Search our job category for a huge

selection of opportunities in the city.

You will fi nd listings from some of the

area’s premier employers looking for that

ideal candidate.

It could be you!

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DOWN TO BUSINESSTo Advertise in this space call 604-575-5555

www.paintspecial.com778-322-2378 Lower Mainland

604-996-8128 Fraser Valley

Running this ad for over 12years

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats of any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale High Performance paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our

Laminate Flooring

PAINTING

Interior/Exterior20 years experience serving the Lower MainlandFree estimate

Call Ken604-726-0503

PaintingKDP

PAINTING

“Simply the best for less”Specializing in interior &exterior quality repaints.

Eric 604-219-1513Eric 604-219-1513604-576-5758604-576-5758

PAINTING

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Since 2003

White Rock / S.SurreyOffering every Thursday

$49 for 60 mins Thai Massage

778-908-0984 By Appt. only

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WELLNESS/SPAHAVE YOU MADE YOUR RRSP CONTRIBUTION

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TAX PREPARATION

Dead Level

CONSTRUCTION LTD.

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • STRATA

BOB DELANEY

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WE DO IT ALL!

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR

• Renovations • Shops/Garages • Additions • Tenant Improvements

CONSTRUCTION

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Professional quality servicesGreat Rates

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Aluminum Patio Covers, Sunrooms, Railings

and Vinyl.

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AWNING

Jesse BurchProducerRecording ArtistSinger / Songwriter

604•250•[email protected]

The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an opportunity for an Inside Sales Consultant.

Candidates for this position will possess the ability to create strong marketing programs and nurture existing clients for our print and online publications.

You will be innovative and have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy working independently.

Special features will be an important part of your job description along with developing and prospecting new business. Your career is built on relationships with customers and you understand the importance on consulting with clients about their objectives and developing marketing solutions that help them achieve their goals.

Our environment is fast-paced and you can adapt quickly to change and work in a deadline driven environment. You may have a marketing degree or experience but your personality and enthusiasm will sell your application. Knowledge and familiarity with Mac based offi ce programs is required.

We offer a competitive salary plus commission and the opportunity to grow your career with Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 180 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.

If you are up to the challenge, please send your resume by March 15th to:

Lisa ProphetAd [email protected] phone calls please and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Inside Sales Consultant

blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com


109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PLANT SUPERVISOR Langley, BC

Fuchs Lubricants Canada Ltd. is the Canadian operating unit of Fuchs Petrolub S.E., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of specialty lubricants. Qualifi cations: • Minimum fi ve years’ experience in lubricants, chemical, or related manufacturing. • Forklift experience• Demonstrated ability to super-vise hourly personnel. Computer profi ciency in Microsoft Offi ce, Outlook, and SAP. • A Bachelor’s degree is highly preferred or applicable exp. in lieu of education is needed.

Fuchs Lubricants CanadaLTD. offers an excellentcompensation, benefi ts

package, and bonus plan.

To learn more about thisworld-class organization, please visit the company

website at www.Fuchs.comor apply by e-mail:

[email protected]

156 SALES


114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVER’S WANTEDWe are an industry leader of building products, located in Surrey. We require “Top Notch” driver’s with a positive attitude and willingness to learn. Must have ability to lift heavy product. Mon.-Fri. Start Immediately!

The team is hard working,the work environment is

fast-paced with good people, & the BENEFITS are excellent.

If you have class 5 DL, are dedicated, have leadership ability and are looking for good solid employment send your resume & abstract:

Fax: 604-513-1194 Email: [email protected]

115 EDUCATION

Become a Plumber - No experience necessary!

The Sprott Shaw College Plumbing Foundations

Program prepares students for

entry level employment in the plumbing trade.

• 5 week practicum which is conducted 25/hrs per week, for a total of 125 hours.

• The program will provide students w/350 hrs towards apprenticeship training.

Construction Electrician program also available.

Call the School of Trades at 778-379-0410 or visit

sprottshaw.com for more information.

HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTATION SPECIALISTS are in huge demand. Employers want CanScribe gradu-ates. A great work-from-home ca-reer! Train with Canada’s best-rated program. Enroll today. www.can-scribe.com. 1.800.466.1535. [email protected].

156 SALES


115 EDUCATION

Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?

Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:

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SECURITY OFFICER training classes avail in Abby. Full job placement 604-859-8860 to register


115 EDUCATION

Waterworks Technology School - Get certifi ed in 6 weeks. Earn $18-22/hr. 604.625.2272

124 FARM WORKERS

FARM LABOURERS req’d for fi eld work. Must be physically capable of

performing work. $10.59/hour. 40 Hours/week, Mon-Sat. Start

mid May until Oct. Fax resume to: Driediger Farms Ltd. 604-888-1502.

JAMES Garden Ltd. requires 4 Farm workers for seasonal work starting around May 10 - Oct. 20. Approx. 50 plus hours/wk. Starting wage $10.70 per hr. Duties are hand weeding, planting, culitvating, harvesting,moving irrigation pipes, heavy lifting vegetables boxes etc. Fax resume to 604-574-5921.

127 HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

COLOUR BAR HAIR STUDIO NOW HIRING!!

HAIRSTYLISTS with cut & colour experience. New Salon with fun & friendly atmosphere. Ongoing colour training offered.

Apply in person: Brickyard Station

#123 17449 Hwy 10 CloverdaleBring resume Attn: Frank

778-571-2122

130 HELP WANTED

PAPER DELIVERYPay your bills or even

your car payment!Deliver the Vancouver Sunin Langley, Walnut Grove.

Must have reliable car.For more info Contact Dennis at:

Phone: 604-690-4091or [email protected]


130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERSEarn Extra $

ADULTS NEEDED TO DELIVER the Surrey Leader

and the Surrey Now.Part-time, small vehicle required.

Door to Door Delivery,Wednesday, Thursday & Fridays.

Please call 604-575-5342

.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certifi ed & experienced. Union wages & benefi ts. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: [email protected]

LABOURERSLooking to have fun out-

doors while working hard?Come join our team – you’ll get all the benefi ts of a gym member-ship and get paid for it! We’re a wholesale nursery located in Abbotsford looking for some hard-working, dependable people to join our outstanding team of employees. Starting wage is $12.45/hr. Please apply in person with resume to:

Paula Baxter1831 Peardonville Road.

Between 9:00 am & 3:00 pm Monday to Friday

LANDSCAPERS FORFULL-TIME WORK

Looking for 3 experienced land-scapers. Pruning & weed spray-ing exp. an asset. Must be reliable, hard working, and have a positive attitude. Min 2 yrs exp. Room for advancement. Drivers lic. an asset. Serving Surrey, Delta, Langley & White Rock are-as. Please call our offi ce at 604-538-4599 or Garry 604-250-8606 - we will try you out for 2 days.


130 HELP WANTED

PERSONAL ASSISTANTOffi ce Perks Coffee Inc.

Personal assistant required in Langley BC (temporary position /

could work into permanent). Duties incl: pickups, receiving, stocking shelves, cleaning equip., deliveries, yard maintenance, horse chores and childcare. $12 - $16/hr, 30 hrs/week. Applicants must have minimum of high school diploma or equivalent, valid driver’s license, speak English fl uently, have experience caring for children, a current criminal record check, have good people skills, be able to work fl exible hours (5am-10pm), physi-cally capable of performing work. Preferably have experience with horses.

Email resume to:jamie@offi ceperks.ca

ROOF CLEANERRequired full-time. Roofi ng experience preferred but not required. Full training provided. Requires a valid d/l. Must be ok with heights/ladders. Starting at $15 per hour dependant on experience.

Apply with resume to:[email protected]

WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS

Needs experienced Shingle Sawyers & Packers. Also need-ing labourers for physically demanding positions. These are F/T positions with excellent wage and benefi t packages. Qualifi ed applicants can apply in person at:

9393 287th StreetMaple Ridge, BC

Warehouse Worker(afternoon-shift)

Overland West is looking for an experienced safety oriented, reliable professional forklift operator, to work in a fast paced warehouse. We have many long term employees and are looking to add to our team.

We Offer A Competitive Wage & BC Medical As Well

As Extended Benefi ts.

Fax: 604.888.6469 Email:[email protected]


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

1ST, 2ND & 3RD

Year ApprenticePlumbers

Required now for Surrey based company. Must have 1st year or ELTT Certifi cation. Own transpor-tation and hand tools required.

Please e-mail:[email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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$$MONEY AVAILABLE$$1st, 2nd & 3rd MortgagesUse the EQUITY in your HOME!Consolidation, Renovation

or Any Reason.Call Donna

BBK Investments Ltd.604.341.2806

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

236 CLEANING SERVICES

EXP’D LADY will do House & Offi ce Cleaning, Home Care for Elderly. Laundry & Ironing. 778-808-0514

Classifiedsreach people

604-575-5555...Call Us Now!

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200th Street and #10 Hwy, Langley Proud community partner for over 50 years.

www.prestongmlangleyfc.comor fi nd us on FacebookAsk about our

$99ROOM SPECIAL

CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041www.benchmarkpainting.ca


239 COMPUTER SERVICES

Computer Problems? Call Blue Sky Tech 604.512.7082 John Jespersen

257 DRYWALL

DEAD LEVEL Construction Ltd. Complete Drywall Work - $500 min.Bob 604-830-1322 www.deadlevel.ca

BBB Accredited Member

260 ELECTRICAL

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

LOW RATES 604-617-1774Licensed, Bonded, Expert trouble shooter. 24/7. 100% guaranteed.

281 GARDENING

.A Ram Gardening All Lawn care, Free Estimates, Lawn Cuts, Aerating, Weeding, Hedge Trimming, Pruning, Moss Control, Bark MulchCall Paul (778)316-3054

ELECT SERVICESTree Pruning, Topping & Removal

Hedge Trimming ~ DrainageFull Landscape &

Maintenance ServicesInsured ~ WCB Over 25 yrs Exp.*Free Estimate *Seniors Discount

Call 778-245-5006

Hedge Trimming/Lawn Cutting by SUMMER BREEZE lawn services. Call Brian @ 604.318.2192

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

SUNDECKSSAMCON BUILDING. Complete

reno’s & additions. Over 25 yrs exp. Call Derek (604)720-5955www.samconbuilding.com

DEAD LEVEL Construction Ltd. Complete Home Reno’s, Additions,Shops/Garages - from start to fi nish

Suite Legalization SpecialistWE DO IT ALL! www.deadlevel.ca

Call Bob at 604-830-1322BBB Accredited Member

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing,

reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

INTERIOR/EXTERIORRepairs & Reno’s, Sundecks

& Additions, New Homes

European Quality Workmanship

CONTRACT OR HOURLYFREE ESTIMATES

28 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Per Molsen 604-575-1240

TOTAL RENOVATIONSRepair, Replace, Remodel...• Basement Suites • Plumbing

• Electrical • Kitchens• Baths • Drywall • Painting

• Texture • Patches • Flooring• Mouldings • Much More

*WCB *Licensed *Insured Dan 778-837-0771

RETIRED CARPENTER avail. for reno’s etc. Reasonable rates.

604-202-3394

329 PAINTING & DECORATING


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HANDYMAN CONNECTIONHANDYMAN CONNECTIONHandyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations - Repairs - 604.878.5232

288 HOME REPAIRS

• Painting • Renovations• Repairs

604-889-8424Commercial • Residentialwww.paintitfi xit.ca

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemoversbc.com

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-41401PRO MOVING & SHIPPINGAcross the street - across the world

Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

.CAN PRO Paint and Drywall. 3 Rooms $250. 604-7717052

SAM PAINTINGNO PAYMENT UNTILJOB COMPLETELY 100% FINISHED.

2 Year Warranty - Free Estimate

Call 604-762-5436

www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland

604-996-8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for over 12yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price inclsCloverdale High Performance paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring.

.Hayden Painting 778-229-0236Family Owned & OperatedRyan 778.229.0236

PRISM PAINTING CO.Re-Paint Specialist15 Years Experience

Interior/Exterior,stucco painting. 20% discounton re-painting or3 rooms $299Free Estimates

Call Sunny,778-893-1786

POLARBEARPAINTING.COM Paint 3 rooms walls only for $299.

Cel: 604-866-6706


338 PLUMBING

A Gas Fitter ✭ PlumberFurnaces, Boilers, Hot Water

Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning

& Plumbing Jobs.

✭ 604-312-7674 ✭✭ 604-507-4606 ✭

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928

341 PRESSURE WASHING

Hydro Tech Power Washing Hot & Cold: WCB, Liability Insured

hydro-tech.ca ~ 778-928-6768

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

EXTRA CHEAP JUNKRUBBISH REMOVALAlmost for free! (778)997-5757

PETS

454 EQUESTRIAN

CEDAR HOGFUEL

SPECIAL FALL PRICESSawdust Available

Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd.Pitt Meadows, BC

604-465-5193, 604-465-5197www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

PETS

477 PETS

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel build-ings metal clad or fabric clad. Com-plete supply and installation. Call John at 403-998-7907;[email protected]

REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or land-scaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

563 MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms?Have unwanted or inherited fi rearms in your possession?Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland fi rearms community since 1973.We are a government licensed fi rearms business with fully certifi ed verifi ers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up anappointment 604-467-9232 Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

REAL ESTATE

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

NEW 24x60 - 1440 sq/ft doublewide in Abby 55+ Park. Pet ok.Pad $602/mo. Home $139,800.

Chuck 604-830-1960.

REAL ESTATE

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

New SRI Manufactured homesSingles $74,900. Doubles $99,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

LANGLEY CITY APARTMENTS ON 201A

FREE: heat, hot water,laundry & parking. No Pets

BACHELOR, 1 & 2 BDRMS. SENIORS, ADULT ORIENTED

Villa Fontana & Stardust Michael - 604-533-7578

Rainbow & Majorca Betsy - 604-312-1437

CALL FOR AVAILABILITY

Langley

The Parkview Terrace5400 ~ 204 St.

2 bdrm suiteHeat, H/W, cable incl,

in a 55+ building. N/S,N/P. Call: 604-220-6905

Park Terrace Apts

Bachelor, 1 bdrm & 2 bdrmCall for Availability

Langley City, family friendly, walk to senior & rec ctr, schls, shops,

Incl heat & hotwater & prkg.Live In Manager604-530-0030

www.cycloneholdings.ca

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

SUSSEX PLACE APTS

Bachelor,1 bdrm & 2 bdrmCall for Availability

Langley City, walk to senior & rec centre, schools, shops. Incl heat & hotwater & prkg.

Live In Manager604-530-0932

www.cycloneholdings.ca

The Village atThunderbird Centre

DELUXE 1 & 2 BDRM SUITESin Walnut Grove, Langley

Includes large balcony, fi replace, in-suite laundry.

Live, shop, work & play all in one location.

Next to Colossus Theater (200/ #1 Hwy).

Call 604.449.4940thunderbirdvillage@bentallkennedy.comwww.bentallkennedyresidential.com

www.thunderbirdrentals.comBentall Kennedy (Canada) LP

TOWN & COUNTRY

APARTMENTS5555 208th Street, LangleyStudio, 1 & 2 bdrms. Indoorswimming pool & rec facility.

Incl heat & 1 prkg stall. No pets

Phone 604-530-1912

RENTALS

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

BROOKSWOOD COMMERCIAL LEASE spaces avail. at 208th St & 40th Ave. 1000 to 1500 s.f. $1500-$4500. HEY! 1.5 ACRES, fenced & secure lot now available on 208th near 40th. Has small trailer with washroom facilities & approx 3000 sq/ft of warehouse / storage / service building.Ph: Frank @ Noort Investments

604-835-6300 or Nick @ 604-526-3604

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

• Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

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851 TRUCKS & VANS

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SAW BLADE7-1/4"

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STK# NV75AN

CHAULKLINE + REEL + SHARPIE

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FAT MAXTAPE MEASURE

1-1/4" X 25'

CASING5/8" X 2-1/2" 472MDF

49¢ ft

5/8" X 3" 90423MDF

59¢ ft

BASEBOARD1/2" X 3-1/4" 623MDF

59¢ ft

1/2" X 4-1/4" 316MDF

69¢ ft

1/2" X 5-1/4" 618MDF

79¢ ft

CROWN MOULDING4-1/4" 47MDF

65¢ ft

5-1/4" 512MDF

75¢ ft

Finishing Moulding Profi les

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$229ea.

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Langley Times, March 02, 2016

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