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abbotsford residenceRobert FREEMANBlack Press
Police fear there may be more victims of a Chilliwack man now charged with sexual assault in addition to earlier charges of possessing child pornography.
James Osell, 43, was arrested at his Chilliwack home in April by members of the RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit.
The residence was searched, and Osell was released the next day after he was charged with possession of child pornography,
Now, after examination of items seized during the first search, Osell is facing nine charges of sexual assault. He was arrested at an Abbotsford residence on Aug. 22 with assistance from the Abbotsford Police.
“These charges are more significant in the sense that we have evidence of what we allege is hands-on abuse of children by Mr. Osell,” ICE member Cpl. Van Laer stated in a news release.
He said Osell is charged with two counts of sex-ual assault, two counts of sexual exploitation, two counts of sexual interference, one count of posses-sion of child pornography, one count of accessing child pornography and one count of voyeurism.
Police are withholding details to protect the identity of the child victims, but believe there may be more victims.
“We have already received a call from a person claiming to have been a victim of Osell in the past, and we encourage anyone in that situation to come forward,” Osell said.
“If we have adults today, who allege to have been victimized by Osell when they were kids, by coming forward they could be a great source of support for the current children affected by this case,” he said.
Danila Bim, Julie Cameron and Meghan Miller perform on the aerial hoop during the first act of Quidam, by Cirque du Soleil. The show opened at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre on Wednesday and ran until Sunday. Visit abbynews.com for more photos and a review.
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With high-profile Liberal cabinet min-isters announcing they will not be seek-ing re-election, similar decisions face Abbotsford’s representatives.
Last week parliamentary secre-tary John Les (Chilliwack), Finance Minister Kevin Falcon (Surrey-Cloverdale), Education Minister George Abbott (Shuswap) and Children and Family Development Minister Mary McNeil (Vancouver-False Creek) all announced that they will not be running in the 2013 general election.
In Abbotsford West, MLA Mike de Jong, the health minister in Premier Christy Clark’s government, says he defi-nitely plans to run again.
Speaking to The News on Labour Day, de Jong said he feels a sense of loss in seeing people like Abbott and Falcon leave poli-
tics, when they have been key parts of the party and the government.
However, he said when people have been in politics for more than a decade, “nobody should be surprised when they decide to hang up their skates.”
“This is part of the regu-lar ebb and flow of govern-ment.”
De Jong has been an MLA going on 19 years, but politics still holds more appeal than returning to a law practice.
“I still enjoy the work. I enjoy interacting with the constituents,” he said. “I
think I’ve got the best job in the world.”In next spring’s provincial election, vot-
ers will assess his performance as an MLA and a leading member of a government, he said.
“That’s the essence of democracy, and
everything about that continues to excite me.”
De Jong said he has served as an op-position MLA in the past, and is willing to accept that role if the public decides to put the Liberal party there. However, despite
plunging poll numbers, he believes the Liberals could still form gov-ernment.
“Getting there is going to involve a lot of hard work.”
Randy Hawes, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission, told The News he will make a decision whether to run again in the coming week.
“I will either have a new pair of running shoes, or a new pair of golf
clubs,” said Hawes.Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen
was among the first in the Liberal caucus to decide he will not stand with the exist-ing government, as he crossed the floor
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Running shoes or golf clubs?
Thousands head back to classes
Local Liberals: De Jong plans to seek re-election, Hawes still deciding cyclist killed
A 72-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a five-ton truck just after 9 a.m. Friday morning at the corner of Bourquin Crescent and Mill Lake Road. Identity of the older male cyclist had not been released by press time. The bus loop at that location was shut down for several hours as police investigated the accident. The driver of the truck that hit the cyclist remained on scene and cooperated with police.
body identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after falling into the Fraser River while fishing.Sixty-six-year-old Hope resident Herbert Wells was fishing from rocks on the banks of the Fraser River about three kilometres north of Yale on July 28 when he slipped and fell into the river. An extensive search was mounted immediately, but the body was not located.On Aug. 13, 2012, a body was found in the Fraser River at Abbotsford. The body was located in a two-foot wide channel of the river between a large boom and a barge from the Mainland Sand and Gravel Quarry. Further investigation confirmed the body was that of Wells. The Coroners Service is continuing to investigate this death.
mop causes fire
Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service was called out to the Pizza Hut on South Fraser Way on Thursday night, shortly after 10 p.m. When crews arrived they found heavy smoke coming from the roof and sides of the building. Quick action by firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading. Reports indicate the cause of the fire was a mop. “In one of the back utilities rooms there was an old mop that was sitting up against the boiler that had heated up and caught on fire causing a little bit of fire damage and a little bit of smoke damage,” said Jeff Adams, assistant fire chief.He said damage was minimal, but charring occurred.
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Principal Lance McDonald stands in the rotunda of the new Abbotsford Senior Secondary School.
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Kevin MILLSAbbotsford News
A new school year has begun and the University of the Fraser Valley is “really squeezed” according to Eric Davis, provost and vice-president, ac-ademic.
The post-secondary institution will serve approximately 16,000 students this year, the same as last, with as many as 3,000 stu-dents on waiting lists.
Davis said UFV is serving about five per cent more students than it is being funded for.
“We have also reached a space capac-ity. We are operating at close to 130 per cent in terms of utilization of space in the Abbotsford campus. So we are re-ally, really squeezed,” he said.
While it is a chal-lenge to try and meet the needs of Valley students, Davis said it is better to have this problem, rather than the opposite.
The high demand for courses has forced the university to close ap-plications for most pro-grams.
Davis said a lack of
growth funding from the province and in-creased costs to run the university means UFV has to become more entrepreneurial about raising funds.
“At some point we ei-ther find new sources of revenue or we have to get smaller.”
He said finding cost efficiencies can only go so far. Eventually, cutting programs could become a possibility.
“Nobody wants to get smaller.”
About 20 years ago, 80 per cent of the in-
stitution’s funding came from the provin-cial government. That amount has shrunk to about 50 per cent.
Davis said the Fraser Valley is the fastest growing region in the province, and has a high demand for post-secondary education.
More than 70 per cent of Valley students choose UFV.
“We are the institu-tion of choice.”
In Abbotsford School District 34, close to 19,000 students and 1,200 full-time teach-
ers will heading to classrooms.
“It’s that time of the year for anticipa-tion, excitement and busyness,” said Kevin Godden, school super-intendent.
He said the district has experienced “rela-tively flat enrolment” for the last five years.
Kindergarten num-bers will be slightly up, between five and 10 per cent more than the previous year.
Official numbers will not be known for up to two weeks.
In September of 2011, there were 18,291 stu-dents enrolled. That number grew to 18,358 by April 2012.
Godden said the big-gest challenge facing the district is not new enrolment, but keep-ing students interested and engaged, especial-ly in Grade 10 and 11.
“There is a direct correlation between attendance and stu-dent engagement. And when they’re engaged, they’ll run to school,” he said.
Technology plays a key role in capturing students’ interest.
“We are on a bold plan to outfit every school with the tech-nology to allow them to, in a dynamic way, access the Internet and get information.”
The school year also marks the opening of the newly constructed Abbotsford Senior.
The $45-million ren-ovation and replace-ment project is ready to accept students today, although construc-tion crews will still be working on some fin-ishing touches for sev-eral more weeks.
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‘It allows for some renewal’
‘A ton of excitement’ at new schoolFrom A3
to join the B.C. Conservative party. He became the party’s first MLA, and will run under that banner.
Hawes said people should not read too much into high-profile Liberals deciding not to run. He said Falcon has served for 12 years, and his wife is expecting.
“I bet he can make double what he can as an MLA work-ing in the private sector,” added Hawes.
By the time he leaves the legislature after May’s elec-tion, Abbott will have served some 17 years, including a bid for premier in which he and Falcon challenged Clark for the job.
“That’s enough for anybody,”
said Hawes. “It’s a lot tougher and a lot more pressure than a lot of people think.”
Hamish Telford, a politi-cal science professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, said the loss of these veteran politicians from the Liberals is no shock to observers, but he believes the situation should have been managed better by Clark.
“What does surprise me is how poorly this has been han-dled by the premier’s office.”
Telford said Clark should have given every MLA a dead-line of the end of the summer to let her know whether they planned to run again. She could plan the future of the party accordingly, and hold a press conference to introduce
new ministers.“We should have heard
about this by way of a cabinet shuffle,” he said.
“The story would be about change, not disintegration.”
Ross Hill, the Liberal rid-ing association president for Abbotsford West, said more MLAs left during the 2005 and 2009 elections than those who have said they aren’t run-ning so far.
“It’s not abnormal – it’s very normal. It allows for some re-newal,” he said.
He pointed out there are eight months for the picture to change before the May elec-tion.
“We’re planning on winning the election, we’re not plan-ning on being second or third.”
Lance McDonald said he expects the 900 students will have a little anxiety, but also a “ton of excitement” when they enter the new school. Teachers could experience the same thing.
“We just don’t know all the curve balls that will be thrown our way. There will be all the unknowns that will cause the first week to be exciting and challenging and sort of take it a day or a week at a time because we are still in a construction zone.”
Last-minute touch ups, including paint-ing and sidewalk work, along with the new
parking lot and turf field still have to be completed. Parking should be ready by the end of October and the field will likely not be used until the end of the year.
A former Abbotsford Senior grad, the prin-cipal said the new design is fitting for a school with such a strong history.
He said the openness concept – whether it be the rotunda or the amount of glass used that allows people to walk by and see kids in a shop working – create a good learning atmosphere.
He maintains it’s better than the tradi-tional “learn in a box” concept.
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7,000 kilometres for the causeBob Ahuja will cycle from coast to coast for cancer
MIRANDA MILLERContributor
Bob Ahuja, 41, is not your typi-cal Abbotsford bus driver.
In addition to his job, he’s busy training 20 hours a week for the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride – all 7,000 kilometres of it – from Vancouver to Halifax.
Ahuja has lived in Abbotsford since he was four, and has been a bus driver for 13 years. This is not his first time riding to fight cancer. For the past four years, he has participated in the Ride to Conquer Cancer from Surrey to Seattle. This, however, is his first time in the Sears ride, and will be the farthest he has ever cycled. He’ll ride with 30 other cyclists.
Ahuja will make this long jour-ney on a 19-pound bike, courtesy of Abbotsford’s DNC law firm. The ride begins in Vancouver on Sept. 5 and ends Sept. 21 in Halifax. He’s been training since March, and is the only partici-pant from B.C. who is going the whole distance.
His goal is to raise $25,000 for the Coast to Coast Sears Cancer Foundation, which helps raise awareness and funds for children battling cancer.
Despite working, training and fundraising, Bob still manages to spend time with his two sons, 16 and 12, and his wife of 17 years. This balancing act “hasn’t been the easiest thing,” says Ahuja, but once he committed to ride
there was no looking back. Ahuja is anxious about being
away from home, and not being there when his kids start school, but he has the support of his fam-ily, and he’s determined to perse-vere. This undertaking is different than his other cancer rides in that it is specifically for kids, which has a special meaning for Ahuja.
He has seen cancer on a first hand basis. In Nov. 2010, Ahuja and his family lost a cousin, 14-year-old Rohit, to cancer.
“I know this ride won’t bring him back” Ahuja says, but he’s deter-mined to raise awareness about the deadly disease.
When pedalling those 7,000 ki-lometres, Ahuja says he will think about everyone who has helped him and supported him on this journey – from friends and family, Sears management and staff, to passengers on his bus, and every-one who donated money.
The cyclists will make a stop in Abbotsford at 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 5 in the Sears parking lot at 32900 South Fraser Way.
The public is welcome to show their support for the team. There will be a barbecue and a perfor-mance by singer Larissa Blenkarn.
The Abbotsford Heat Street Team and mascot Hawkey will also be on site.
To learn more about the Sears National Kids Cancer ride, visit searsnationalkidscancerride.com.
Bob Ahuja of Abbotsford will cycle across the nation on the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride.
MIRANDA MILLER Contributor
Warm Zone gets a reprievePrivate donations keep facility going
Neil CORBETTAbbotsford News
The Warm Zone, a drop-in centre for women struggling with life on the streets in Abbotsford, will re-main open for another few months.
That was the good news at a re-lationship-building event on Thursday afternoon in Jubilee Park, where there was barbecue, kids games, a band and a dunk tank with Abbotsford Police officers.
Federal funding for the facility has run out, and it appeared the Warm Zone could possibly close in September. It is operated by the Women’s Resource Society of the Fraser Valley (WRSFV), and execu-tive director Dorothy Henneveld and president Ellen Boyes were at Jubilee Park to announce that they have some funds to continue opera-tion for “a few months,” and hope to secure government funding for the $270,000 per year budget.
“It’s our priority this year to
do whatever we can to keep the program moving on,” Boyes told a crowd that included about half of the centre’s clients, volunteers, Abbotsford Police officers, local politicians and members of the public.
Henneveld noted it is donations from individu-als and businesses that have kept the lights on at the Warm Zone.
“I had an individu-al walk up and give us $10,000 last week,” she told the crowd.
Now, she said, the pro-vincial government and the city also need to be
convinced to back the facility.The Warm Zone began as a pilot
project funded by Status of Women Canada, which offered $93,000 an-nually. That ran out in March. Since then it has operated with re-serve funds from the WRSFV, but that is not sustainable.
Many of the clients shared their stories on the mic and in conversa-
tion with those assembled in the park.
Marcy Doyle was an addict who lived on the streets for five years in Chilliwack, and more in downtown Abbotsford as she relapsed.
For her, the Warm Zone was more than just a place to have a shower and a meal, and the staff ’s caring approach got her off the streets.
“It’s just the family orien-tation. They’re like friends-slash-councillors. They re-ally care. They give you a hug, a word of encourage-ment – whatever you need.”
She is upgrading to get her high school diploma, and is
getting straight A’s. Doyle has done 115 hours as a
Warm Zone volunteer and peer counsellor. She is going to visit family in Alberta, and would like to get a job as a commercial driver.
The idea of the Warm Zone clos-ing is “a sad story,” Doyle said.
Fire Ops 101 for politiciansNeil CORBETTAbbotsford News
Mayor Bruce Banman and several members of council were feeling some heat on Wednesday, but it wasn’t politi-cal. It was the tem-perature inside their firefighting turnout gear that had them sweating.
The Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service put Banman and Couns. Les Barkman, Henry Braun, Moe Gill and Patricia Ross through firefighter training.
Soon Banman found himself in a tight spot – not fac-ing irate taxpayers, but literally stuck.
He was carrying a fire hose into a build-
ing filled with simu-lated smoke, wear-ing breathing appa-ratus, and following a lead firefighter into the blankness.
Everything was going fine, until he started to get low on oxygen.
“The mayor’s a bit of a pig on air,”
Banman conceded.He put the hose
down, and they started back, fol-lowing the hose to the entrance. Then he became stuck, wedged into a nar-row space under a set of stairs.
“Apparently, the guy ahead of me was thinner than me,” he allowed.
Many of the fire-fighters on duty that day were called out to a major barn fire on Wells Line Road, and Chief Don Beer had to don his gear and assist Banman.
The mayor said he felt pretty iso-lated in that dark building. He called it a sobering experi-ence, and a taste of the “stark reality of what these guys go through every day.”
He and Gill ap-peared to enjoy the auto extrication ex-ercises, smashing glass and cutting windshields, using hydraulic tools to bend a car frame, and cutting through a car’s hood.
“There’s a lot to learn about this stuff,” he said.
Gill who has been on council since 1996, said it was the first time he had done so much physi-cal work during an orientation event.
“Even for me, this is pretty heavy work,” he said.
Beer said the day was designed to be educational, and had little impact on his budget thanks to Fire Fighter Union Local 2864 helping to host the event.
“I wanted council-lors to understand what a firefighter goes through,” Beer said.
“They did fabulous – they got nice and sweaty.”
Coun. Moe Gill cuts the steering wheel off a car during extrication exercise, supervised Capt. Dan Wildeman.
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Boys assaulted, one bitten, in airport washroom
Police ask suspect’s ‘guardian’ to come forwardNEIL CORBETTBlack Press
Two young boys were assaulted by a teen in a washroom at the Abbotsford Airport on Wednesday, and police are asking the ap-parent guardian of the suspect to contact them.
At 12:10 p.m., two brothers aged six and nine entered the men’s washroom near the arrivals area inside the airport ter-minal building. Both boys were standing in front of urinals when a teenage male approached. The suspect grabbed at the genital area of the younger brother, and then quickly bit the stomach area of the older sibling.
The boys started yelling, and drew atten-tion.
The teenaged suspect appeared to have been accompanied by an older man, who physically escorted him out of the wash-room immediately following the incidents.
The Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit is investigating, and detectives are anxious to identify both the suspect and the older man in his company.
A witness to the incident felt it was pos-sible the suspect had special needs, and that the older man was either his guardian or caregiver.
“It’s possible the guardian didn’t under-stand exactly what happened,” said police spokesman Ian MacDonald.
The witness saw him and the teen sus-pect leave in a hurry.
MacDonald said it would be timely for
the older man to come forward, and noted detectives are screening through surveil-lance video from the airport. They may be able to publicly release an image of the apparent guardian.
The two victims involved are from a Lower Mainland community other than Abbotsford, but MacDonald did not want to say which one out of respect for their priva-cy. They were traumatized by the incident.
The suspect is described as Caucasian, 13-16 years of age, with a thin build, 5’4” to 5’8,” short brown hair, having prominent front teeth or braces, wearing a red short-sleeved shirt or T-shirt with blue pants.
Accompanying him was a Caucasian man, 50 to 60 years of age, with grey hair and a grey beard, wearing a dark coloured shirt with a “CAT” logo on it.
MacDonald said investigators compared the assault with a similar incident at Costco in October 2011, when a seven-year-old boy was assaulted in a stall. A boy who appeared to be about 10 years old crawled under the door, and bit him on the lip.
While the circumstances of the crime are similar, MacDonald said the description of the boy in the first assault is much dif-ferent, and police don’t believe they are dealing with the same suspect.
Anyone with information about this in-vestigation, or the identity of the persons involved, should call the Abbotsford Police at 604-859-5225 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Tenants of Villa Vista apartment felt they were forced to go public with their complaints about a lack of heat in their building during a cold snap in January.
They contacted politicians and the media when heating issues that had stretched back for weeks were aggravated by sub-zero temperatures in January. The heat in the building had been off since Dec. 10, and some units said their heating issues stretched back farther than that.
The management of the building, Mainstreet Equity, had the boiler fixed in a matter of days. The company said at the time that they had sup-plied the tenants with electric heaters, and they would be reimbursed for additional power costs kept keeping their units warm.
Now, tenants have complained to their MLA, John van Dongen, that the company has still not reim-bursed them for the energy costs seven months later.
Richard and Pat Beaulieu said their Hydro bill was $27 higher over the period, after using an electric fireplace as the primary heat source to keepir the apartment live-able.
Richard told the News the Mainstreet’s position is that he will not be reimbursed until all the tenants submit their claims. He has submitted his paperwork, but said other tenants have moved away, been evicted, or can’t be bothered.
“Way too much time has gone by,” said Beaulieu, a resi-dent of the building for 17 years. “If I’m one day late with my rent, they ding me $50.”
Van Dongen said Mainstreet’s position makes no sense. He wrote to the company on behalf of the tenants over what he termed “a broken prom-ise to reimburse tenants for additional electricity costs incurred throughout an extended failure by the landlord to provide heat in the building.
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Tracy Alano, the regional manager for Mainstreet, said the company sought to have all the tenants bring their bills forward, so they could determine an average power increase. She said that has not happened.
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Towing company focus of TV seriesLocal link to Hope heavy rescue
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Icy roads, whiteouts and crushed metal are common sights on the Coquihalla Highway every win-ter.
The transporta-tion route features some of the steepest and most treacher-ous terrain in North America, which thousands of truck-ers must travel daily. Climbing the eight per cent grade dur-ing the winter, truck-ers often spin out and pile up. During the worst storms, big wrecks can come as often as every 12 hours.
When backups shut down the highway, it’s up to Jamie Davis and his heavy rescue crew in Hope to get traffic moving again.
“It’s guaranteed to happen,” said Davis, who also started Aggressive Towing in Abbotsford.
“During the winter, you sometimes don’t even sleep. The vol-ume of calls that hap-pen within a short span are very hard to deal with because it pushes your resourc-es to the max.”
The busiest time
for Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue is be-tween October and February, where there can be up to 35 drivers on the pay-roll.
“No two accidents are ever the same. These guys probably see more carnage and wreckage then all the emergency services put together. It really gives you a respect for life and what you do every day.”
Davis owns a fleet of custom-built heavy rescue trucks with some of the most sophisticated equip-ment on board.
This specialized equipment and the drivers that oper-ate it will be show-cased in a new origi-nal eight-part series called Highway Thru Hell.
Produced by Vancouver’s Great Pacific TV, the show follows Davis and his heavy rescue crew as they work to clear the Coquihalla Highway under unpredictable winter conditions. Filming for the series took place between Dec. 1 and March 31, when the route was covered in nine me-tres (30 feet) of snow.
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Highway Thru Hell premiers Sept. 4 on the Discovery Channel at 10 p.m. Viewers can also catch full episodes online at discovery-channel.ca
Jamie Davis, who began Aggressive Towing in Abbotsford, and his heavy rescue business in Hope, is featured in a new TV series.
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Moon mission a giant leap for technology
Because of its rarity, it’s called a “blue moon,” but it was nothing less than awe-inspiring as the big orb arced over us last week, the skies cloudless at midnight Thursday.
Spectacular in its presence, and amazing that man has actually walked on it. And the first, Neil Armstrong, perhaps prophetically was buried last week while Earth’s satellite reached its zenith for the second time in a month, thus the “once in a blue” refer-ence.
The day Armstrong made history, July 20, 1969, was one like so many others that stick in memory for those of us alive when monumental events occur.
I recall distinctly where I was and what I was doing on that July day 43 years ago, as I also have fixed in mem-
ory my location when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded, and when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre came crashing down.
And while they all changed the world, Armstrong’s first step onto the moon was incredible, not so much that he did it, but how it was done.
Today most of us carry cell phones that have far more power and features than were in the Apollo 11 space cap-sule, or for that matter probably in the NASA space centre at the time.
In those days computers were larger than cars, required special air-con-ditioned rooms and were so delicate that even a particle of smoke from a cigarette could cause them to crash. Now they fit in your pocket.
Because of the relative crudeness of technology in the ’60s, the shot at the moon was little more than exactly that: point a rocket at it and, based on trajectory, hope it arrived – and hope even more that you could get the as-tronauts back home.
With current technology, you can mount on the windshield or dash of your car a GPS system that, aside
from finding the quickest route to your destination, can also direct you to the nearest pizza parlour.
Armstrong and his lunar travel part-ners had to guide them little more than a modified sextant developed to aid explorers trying to discover the
world, let alone space. And the grainy black and white television images sent back to Earth of the historic moment (and yes, for the skeptics among us there still is a debate over whether they were real or staged before the actual flight) took a long time to get to the Kennedy Space Centre.
Now a video of the grandkid running about the home lawn can be beamed instantly to me in the backcountry via
my iPhone – though using such devic-es is generally frowned upon when one is supposedly there to enjoy the ‘get away from it all’ isolation and serenity.
So what is left to discover, to micro-ize and where do we go from here?
The moon, thanks to Armstrong and a few others who followed him, is ‘been there, done that’ old news.
Mars might be next, but truly what is the point of travelling to inhospi-table places? And anywhere else is simply too far away given human life spans.
Then again, if anyone ever deter-mines how to travel through time, or dramatically slow the human aging process, distant space discovery may yet resume.
After all, one of the alleged driv-ing forces behind the Apollo 11-like exploration of this world was Ponce de Leon’s search for the fountain of youth.
Come up with the technology to cre-ate that and new worlds will be found – if only to give us room to house a population that, with death virtually eliminated, would surely overwhelm the Earth.
Canada’s crime rate is at a 30-year low, but despite this good news story, people still feel the justice system is too lax on criminals.
Recent sentencings, like that of shamed senior RCMP officer Monty Robinson, give credence to people’s cries of foul. For obstructing justice in a hit-and-run death, he received a small conditional sentence and a temporary curfew.
This is in contrast to the sentencing of the Stanley Cup rioters.
Some young men being sentenced for taking part in the riot are receiv-ing seven to nine months jail time for their part.
This may seem either harsh or just in the eyes of the public.
But in comparison, an Abbotsford man recently convicted of child por-nography received only 18 months.
A conditional sentence is a common sentence for the crime, even if the perpetrator is not just looking at child porn but distributing it.
Convicted pedophiles usually do see the inside of a jail cell, but sentences range and often aren’t longer than two years.
It is particularly troubling that in this study on crime rates, the offence which saw the largest increase was child pornography, which jumped 40 per cent in 2011 from 2010, say police.
The judicial system doesn’t appear to take sexual crimes against children as seriously as it does rioters.
The provincial government wanted to send a strong message that those who riot will pay for the crime they committed. The message was heard loud and clear by our judges who by B.C. judicial standards, are handing down harsh sentences.
If our government can carry that kind of weight and influence with the provincial judicial system in sending a message of deterrence for rioting, can it not send an even stronger message to protect our children from predators?
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Abbotsford News Tuesday, September 4, 2012 A11
Medical care among the bestOn Aug. 3, I had a heart attack.We were staying in Abbotsford with our
grandchildren while their parents were away. In the morning I went golfing in Chilliwack, where I live, and experienced chest pains.
I thought it was only indigestion, so I fin-ished the 18 holes.
Upon arrival in Abbotsford, my wife took me to the emergency ward, where nurses quickly realized I was having a heart attack.
They readied me for transport to the Royal Columbian Hospital, where doctors and nurses went into action.
Special thanks to nurse Lexie McLellan for her TLC, and to Dr. Chan, who quickly unblocked the blood vein that caused the
problem.During my life I have worked in many
countries in Europe and the Middle East, and have some knowledge of their health care systems.
I was impressed with the speed and effi-ciency of the medical staff in both Abbotsford and Royal Columbian Hospitals.
These doctors and nurses are real profes-sionals, and we should all be thankful we have such people when emergencies arise, because, in my opinion, they rank right up there with the best in the world.
These kudos are genuine, because I am not connected with health care, and I did not/will not vote Liberal.
Terry Biggar
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Air show enjoyed by thousandsA letter published
in the Abbotsford News of Aug. 16 was written by a per-son who wants the Abbotsford Air Show discontinued.
This would deprive tens of thousands of spectators from the thrills and excite-ment of performanc-es by those gallant young men in their flying machines, be-cause this person is frustrated by the noise.
Consider this, frus-trated person – many airfields are a hun-dred years old and were located many miles from human habitation. These air-fields were used by early inventors and experimenters, and that led to today’s modern aircraft.
Gradually people built houses closer and closer to these airfields in the full knowledge there would be aircraft noise, but they com-plained anyway.
Three days of an air
show in a year is en-tertainment for the public, not a frustra-tion.
There is, of course, a simple solution for you, frustrated per-son – take a short
vacation away from Abbotsford’s air show.
Eric D. Muir
Black has fine ideaMedia mogul David Black has
my full support for his proposal to build a $13-billion oil refinery near Kitimat to process heavy oil from the Enbridge pipeline. I’ve had the same idea myself.
Why should we let the Asian countries buy our Canadian crude oil and refine it for their markets, when we could add value by refining it here in B.C. and ship them the finished product? This would create local jobs for our own citizens and address the environmental con-cerns around oil tankers travel-ling in B.C.’s coastal waters.
As long as Enbridge meets the conditions and standards set out by the premier, moving
heavy oil from Alberta through a pipeline would be better than shipping it by rail or truck.
B.C. should be working with Alberta on exactly the kind of joint inter-provincial venture Black is proposing – a venture that would bring value-added tertiary oil refining to B.C. along with the heavy oil pipeline.
Shipping gasoline, jet fuel and other refined oil products by tanker is just as practical as shipping crude oil, and safer from an environmental stand-point.
Let’s not waste this opportu-nity and the revenue and jobs it could bring to our province.
Roop Virk
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Kevin MILLSAbbotsford News
Eight months and $5,000 worth of work has restored one of the Downtown Abbotsford art benches to its origi-nal form.
After an accidental coat of red paint was sprayed over it, the antique farm rake piece created by art-ist Norm Williams is back.
On Thursday morn-ing it was remounted to its cement pad on Essendene Avenue.
“I’ve got to say that the whole downtown business association has been great,” said Williams, who was on hand for the unveil-ing.
He said the asso-ciation “bent over backwards” to make it right.
While Williams did not perform the restoration himself – Abbotsford’s Big Rig truck repair and res-toration took on the challenge – he was consulted throughout
the process.“It looks pretty
good. It’s pretty close,” said Williams.
He said it took months to get all the details correct. Originally created in 2001 and sponsored by the Abbotsford News, the art bench was green, with co-lour added to create the illusion of rust.
In December, when workers were paint-ing railings and gar-bage cans in a bright red colour to spruce up downtown, the bench was acciden-
tally included in the process.
The farm bench is not the only down-town art piece to fall victim to error. In July, the Bookworm bench disappeared. Eventually, it was learned the artwork had been thrown out.
The property man-ager of the mall where the piece was located saw that the wood was rotting and had it hauled off to the garbage dump. He had no idea that it was part of a series or art benches.
“I think now we have to get the book-worm back. I really do. It’s one of those historic pieces that should be here,” said Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman, who also attended the un-veiling.
Tina Stewart, ex-ecutive director of the Downtown Abbotsford Business Association (ADBA), agreed, adding that the latest restoration did not cost taxpay-ers anything.
She said the indi-vidual who acciden-tally painted over the work contributed a “significant” amount to the restoration and the ADBA paid the rest.
She also said more art benches could be coming.
“We are currently looking into a couple of new pieces. One that might symbol-ize the Berrybeat Festival, which is coming to its 32nd season, and one pos-sibly for the historic downtown car show.”
Artist Norm Williams at his downtown art bench, which has been restored to the colour he painted it.
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The weekend will kick off Friday with a silent auction from 5-8:30 p.m., as well as a children’s auction from 6:30-7:30. Events end at 9 p.m. and begin Saturday at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast.
Saturday’s live auction will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the ceremonial auctioning of a loaf of bread. This item sold at the lofty price of $173,770 last year.
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“While you are enjoying the good food, meeting friends, and fi nding treasures to buy, you will be helping those in need around the world,” said Dora Hoeppner, relief sales coordinator.
The MCC will also hold its fourth annual Pedalling for Hope Cyclathon on the weekend. Cyclists will depart from Tradex and complete either a 20-kilometre or 40-kilometre route. Coordinator Jon Nofzinger expects a larger turnout this
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Cascades aim for Canada West playoffsDan KINVIGAbbotsford News
As the University of the Fraser Valley women’s soc-cer team plots a return to the Canada West playoffs, the goal is, well, more goals.
In 2010, the Cascades staged a memorable break-through, winning the Canada West title and a bronze medal at CIS nationals. During the regular season, they racked up 34 goals, second-most in the conference.
But in 2011, the UFV women saw their goal-scoring output plummet to just 13 in 14 regular-season games, and they missed the playoffs altogether with a 3-8-3 record.
“Pretty much everything that could go wrong, went
wrong,” Cascades head coach Rob Giesbrecht said. “We lost games where we had 20 cor-ners to their one. It was just crazy, but that’s soccer. You have to be prepared for it, and you have to be prepared to face adversity.”
As they embark on a new Canada West campaign this week, the Cascades’ ability to deal with adversity is already being tested. Sophomore mid-fielder Mackenzie Shopland, perhaps UFV’s best all-around player, went down with a sus-pected ACL tear during an exhibition game.
Between Shopland’s ab-sence, however long it may be, and the graduation of last year’s leading scorer Megan Webster (five goals in 2011),
much of the scoring load will fall to veteran strikers Carly Neeson and Danika Snook, along with midfielder and team captain Chelsea Steffen.
But it’s the performance of the youngsters which will de-termine the Cascades’ level of success. Two-thirds of the roster is comprised of fresh-men and sophomores, and Giesbrecht started six rookies during a recent scrimmage against SFU. Defenders Sam Ricker and Tristan Corneil, midfielder Kara Delwo, and striker Danica Kump will be key contributors.
“We’re very young, but we’ve improved the overall athleti-cism and depth,” Giesbrecht noted.
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No quit in two-sport NCAA athlete ChutskoffDan KINVIGAbbotsford News
Being a two-sport athlete at the NCAA Division III level while juggling a demanding class schedule is sure to pose a challenge for Alexandra Chutskoff this fall.
The 18-year-old Abbotsford native, fortunately, knows a little something about taking on challenges.
Last year, as a freshman at Finlandia University in Hancock, Mich., Chutskoff weathered a winless season with the Lions women’s hock-ey team.
It’s easy enough for an ath-lete to keep a positive atti-tude when things are going well, but enduring an 0-20-2 campaign posed a mental test
the likes of which she’d never experienced. It’s a good thing, then, that Chutskoff buys into the notion that suffering pro-duces character.
“Every day I had to look at it like, ‘Look where I am – I’m playing college hockey,’” she explained. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for years, some-thing I’ve strived to do, and now I’m living it.
“In the moment, it’s always tough to be like, ‘Wow, we keep losing.’ But it’s something you have to work at, and it’s one season. There’s three more left in my career to play. ”
Chutskoff’s never-quit at-titude in the face of adver-sity didn’t go unnoticed. At season’s end, the left winger was voted Finlandia’s most
improved player – an award which was particularly special to her because it was voted on by her teammates.
“I put 100 per cent into ev-erything I do – every workout, every practice, every game,” she said. “Every shift you play is a chance to get better.”
After returning to the Finlandia campus this fall, Chutskoff was kicking around a soccer ball with a couple friends when the Lions wom-en’s soccer coach happened to wander by. He invited her to try out for the team, and she cracked the roster.
“It’s a big commitment, but I’m good at staying on top of my schoolwork,” she said. “I’m excited. It’ll help me get in shape for hockey season.”
Alexandra Chutskoff’s tireless work ethic in the face of adversity earned her the most improved player award with the NCAA Div. III Finlandia Lions last season.
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Friesen advances to FIBA three-on-three finalsJoel Friesen is taking his
talents to South Beach.The Abbotsford basket-
ball player has advanced to the finals of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters com-petition, which runs Sept. 22-23 in Miami.
Friesen teamed up with a group of fellow Canada West
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In the knockout round, the Canadians punched their ticket to Miami with a 21-12 win over Philadelphia. They fell to eventual tourney champ Denver in the semis (20-18).
Alexa Tielmann of Abbotsford helped Canada's U19 girls water polo team to a silver medal at the Pan American Junior Water Polo Championships in Montreal.
The Canadians came into the final undefeated, but dropped a 7-6 deci-sion to the United States, with
Tielmann scoring one goal in the los-ing effort. During the round robin portion of the tournament, Canada had defeat-ed the U.S. 8-7, with Tielmann scoring a hat trick, including the game-winner.
Tielmann, a Yale Secondary grad, em-barks on her NCAA career this fall at UCLA.
A pair of Abbotsford lacrosse players have earned scholar athlete awards from the Burnaby Mountain Selects club.
Rhys Burnell and Jesse Worley, both mem-bers of the BMS boys elite squad and stu-dents at Yale Secondary, were honoured. The award recognizes players who participated in the BMS elite touring program, while achieving an academic average of 80 per cent or higher for the 2011-12 school year.
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UFV men seek first post-season berth“You never want
to say you’re in a re-building phase, be-cause you don’t want to take the focus off accomplishing this year. On the day, we’re capable of beat-ing anybody, I hon-estly believe that.”
In goal, fifth-year veteran Chantelle Biagioni will carry the load, backed up by rookie Kayla Klim, a product of the Whitecaps Girls Elite program. Biagioni has been exceptional in the preseason, al-lowing just one goal.n The burning
question for the UFV men’s team is, is this the year they finally break through and earn a playoff berth?
Heading into their seventh CIS season, the Cascades men have yet to taste Canada West post-season play. In 2011, they finished tied for last in the conference at 1-11-2.
But head coach Alan Errington is heartened by the fact that the road to the playoffs is easier this season thanks to a format change. The Canada West
men’s soccer league has been divided into two divisions, Pacific and Prairie, and three teams from each will qualify for the post-season. Previously, there were only four total playoff berths available.
“I think this year, it’s the strongest we’ve been,” noted Errington, whose Cascades will play in the Pacific Division with UBC, UVic, Trinity Western and Canada West new-comer UNBC.
The Cascades bring back a core of veter-ans including strik-ers Craig Robinson and Sasa Plavsic, right back Colton
O’Neill and keeper Mark Village. Connor O’Neill, Colton’s twin brother, returns after missing last season with a concussion.
Among the key newcomers are mid-fielder Justin Sekhon, winger Cole Almond, striker Dalibor Plavsic (Sasa’s broth-er) and centre back Cam MacKinnon. MacKinnon figures to make an instant im-pact – the Abbotsford product played for the national U17 team and then at SFU be-fore returning home to UFV.
Errington has also added Colin Miller to the staff as an as-sistant coach. The
former Abbotsford Soccer Association head coach has held assistant coaching positions with Derby County of the English Premier League and with the MLS’s Vancouver Whitecaps.
“He’s probably the best signing of the whole lot,” Errington said with a chuckle. n The UFV soc-
cer teams are call-ing Chilliwack home this year, moving their home games from Abbotsford’s Bateman Park to Exhibition Field.
Exhibition Field is a 2,000-seat stadium with lights, whereas the Bateman Park pitch had limited seating and was unlit. The move al-lows UFV to market evening games to youth teams who are often playing games of their own on week-end afternoons.
The Cascades women’s soccer team hosts Mount Royal on Friday, Sept. 7, and the Alberta Pandas on Saturday, Sept. 8. Both games begin at 5 p.m.
The UFV men open on Sept. 14 at home vs. UBC (7:15 p.m.).
Striker Craig Robinson will be one of the chief offensive threats for the UFV men’s soccer team.
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Olympians add new coach, host registration sessions
The Abbotsford Olympians swim club returns to the water in September with a new coach at the helm.
Jason Chugh is joining the club from Edmonton, where he was assistant coach with the Edmonton Keyano swim
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*Not all programs available in all campuses. Formally known as Sprott-Shaw Community College.
Sprott Shaw College is the oldest private post-secondary
institution in British Columbia. We have more than a
century of experience in providing high quality education.
exceptional courses in Business, Health & Social Care,
Tourism & Hospitality, and Trades & Technology. Our
colleges are an ideal place to train for a new career in a
broad spectrum of fields.
SKILLS.
JOBS.
Bodyman
Since opening it’s doors in 2009 our new state of the art body shop has experienced significant growth. Mertin Paint and Collision Centre requires a fourth-year Apprentice or Licensed Bodyman to join our highly skilled and experienced team. We are looking for a team player that is available to start as soon as possible. We offer a competitive wage and a superior benefits package in a company that has seen growth every year since inception 5 years ago.
Top quality team players only need apply with resume, to:
Jeff Boylan, Body Shop Manager Mertin Paint and Collision Centre. 45930 Airport Road, Chilliwack, BC
The Abbotsford News is looking for a part-time Substitute Carrier to deliver open routes in the Abbotsford area, two days per week. Must have a reliable vehicle and be available Tuesdays and Thursdays for approximately 3-4 hours per day. Remuneration works out to approximately $10 per hour.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to supplement their income.
Interested applicants should email the Circulation Department at: [email protected], or call 604-870-4595.
We thank all those who are interested in this position; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
www.blackpress.ca www.abbynews.com
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FACEBOOK PAGE: Stream Careers, Chilliwack
We are looking for people who like problem-solving and getting the most out of the latest technology. If you are
passionate about providing an exceptional customer service experience and like a fast-paced, ever-changing
environment, we’re the place for you!
Visit http://careers.stream.com/ and apply to Job Number18924
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Visit us at our OPEN HOUSESeptember 5th and 6th
1pm 8pm Both Days!!!
NOW HIRING
09/12T_S4
Bindery WorkersBlack Press has anticipated opportunities for Bindery Workers to assist with the mechanical
insertion of advertising flyers into our Lower Mainland newspapers. Applicants must be available to work a variety of scheduled day, evening, night and weekend shifts.
Additionally, successful applicants will need to be available on a call-in basis for our locations in Surrey and Abbotsford. Experience an asset, but not a requirement. Reliable transportation is a pre-requisite.
GROCERY STOREPRODUCT SAMPLERSNeed To Get Out Of The House,
Talk To People & Create Extra Income?
Try part-time work as a Food Demonstrator 6-10 days a month in Thrifty Foods, Safeway, Save-On-Foods, Price Smart, London Drugs and more! Job Description: You must be outgoing, able to work on your own, enjoy talking to people & doing basic cooking. Great for men & women, seniors, retirees & mature adults.Availability: Fri & Sat and/or Sat & Sun (the 2 days vary; you need to be available any 2 of the 3 days). from 11-5, 11-6 or 12-6. Requirements:• Fully fl uent in English• Able to stand 6-7 hr./day• Own a vehicle to carry supplies• Be well groomed & bondable• Able to carry medium weight equipment into stores.
Pay starts at $10.50/hr.Training provided in North Burnaby.
Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home
for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do
meaningful, fulfi lling work?PLEA Community Services is looking for qualifi ed applicants
who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or
on weekends for respite. Training, support and
remuneration are provided. Funding is available for
modifi cations to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting
for an open door. Make it yours.
Call 604-708-2628www.plea.bc.ca
115 EDUCATION
Buying or Selling?www.bcclassifi ed.com
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
127 HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS
GREAT CLIPSGladwin Location
Abbotsford& Eagle Landing
Location Chilliwack
Now Hiring• ASSISTANT
MANAGERS &• STYLISTS
If you enjoy team work, a fun enviro. and being in a busy salon our locations have Full-Time and Part-Time Opportunities for you!.
We Provide Customers for Hair Stylists
That Love To Cut Hair!Call Keith 778-908-2136
or Apply in person at 2955 Gladwin, Abby.8249 Eagle Landing
130 HELP WANTED
Chicken Catchers WantedTop wages up to $20 per hour
Transp. avail. Abby. 604-857-2221
115 EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.
APPRENTICE WELDERS & GENERAL
SHOP LABOURERSRequired F/T for TIDY TANKS LTD. Langley BC. We are currently recruiting for applicants with an aptitude for metal work.
We thank all applicantshowever only those considered for interviews will be contacted. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
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130 HELP WANTED
Are you a hard working individual that is trustworthy?
We are looking for a few good people to join our team.
F/T or P/T hours, 6am to 9pm wkdy, 8-4:30 wknds
Drop off in person to 41420 Yale Rd. (West)
9am to 3pm
CASHIERSWhatcom Shell Station
Now Hiring Part -Time Must be available to work weekdays 2pm
to10pm shifts. Please apply in person
with resume2061 Whatcom Road,
Abbotsford
115 EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
Early Childhood Educator
Squiala First Nation is seeking 2 qualifi ed Early Childhood Educators with First Aid Certifi cation. Please send your resume and qualifi cations to Squiala First Nation, 45005 Squiala Road, Chil-liwack, BC V2P 7Z9 or Fax to 604-792-4522
Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled Days Off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051
115 EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
.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]
130 HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
Abbotsford News Tuesday, September 4, 2012 A25
An industry leading grocery distribution facility is
Hosting a Job FairSaturday, September 8th
11:00am – 3:00pm5111 - 272 Street, Langley, BC
Entry-level warehouse order selector positions are available at our perishable facility, as well as for our dry goods facility.
Stable, part-time, union positions with hours ranging 16-40 hours per week.
EV Logistics offers an attractive compensation package with an ability to earn up to $15.45 an hour and regular progressive increases every 500-1000 hours worked. An excellent training program is provided.
Requirements: Ability to do repetitive physical work that requires lifting 20-80lb cases of grocery products. Weekend work, fl exible daytime and afternoon availability and English communication skills essential. No access to public transit.
Please bring your resume for the interview.
Check out our web site www.evlogistics.comto learn more!Times
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DRIVERS WANTED
NOW HIRING!NOW HIRING!
Delivery DriversDelivery DriversWith industrial type vehicles only.
Vehicle must hold 5000 papers . NO MINI-VANS.
• Twice weekly: Tuesday & Thursday• Pick up newspapers from our warehouse
• Deliver newspapers to our carriers
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
WAREHOUSEORDER
SELECTOR EV Logistics offers an attractive compensation package with an ability to earn up to $15.45 an hour and regular progressive increases every 500-1000 hours worked. We are now accepting applications for the position of part-time Warehouse Order Selector, which will include timely and accurate order picking of grocery products in a safe, clean,team-based environment. Successful applicants will be available for day, afternoon and weekend shifts, have reliable transportation (no public transit available), possess profi cient English communication skills, andenjoy repetitive physical work thatrequires lifting 20-80lb cases of grocery products.We offer fl exible work schedules (will include a minimum of 1 weekend day), and an excellent training program is provided. As one of the largest employers in the Fraser Valley, EV Logistics operates two distinct facilities - a 380,000 sq ft. refrigerated facility, and a 485,000 sq ft dry goods building - both facilities are located in the Glouchester Industrial Park (at the 264th St. exit off Hwy #1).Apply on-line at:www.evlogistics.com
133 HOSPITALITY
HOUSEKEEPING STAFFP/T & F/T DAYTIMEMust be able to work
weekends.
Please Fax Resume to:604-854-1385
or apply in person atBEST WESTERNBAKERVIEW INN1821 Sumas WayABBOTSFORD
130 HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
137 LEGAL
Legal AssistantNational Franchisor seeking Legal Assistant / Paralegal with 3 years corporate / commercial exp. Franchise disclosure & lease documentation is an asset.
Send resume & cover letter including salary expectations
by Sept. 12/12 to: byron@shefi eld.com
138 LABOURERS
LABOURERSCIVIL & PARK
CONSTRUCTORSSeeks Labourers for
project in Surrey. Must have own vehicle.
Min. 2 year experience in construction labor.Fulltime $16 - $20
(depending on experience)Plus OVERTIME and BENEFITSFax resume to 604-507-4711 or
WORKERS NEEDED in Abbotsford seafood plant (HWY 1 & Mt. Leh-man), Also hire drivers with more than 10y exp.; send resume to [email protected] 604-600-3509
142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS
THE Friesen Group of Companies is looking for two outstanding team players to complement our existing accounting department in Abbots-ford. See our website www.cgmill-ing.com/careers for detailed job de-scriptions and how to apply.
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
ALBERTA BASED COMPANY looking for qualifi ed & experienced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher & Processor Opera-tors. Out of town & camp work. Safety tickets & drivers abstract re-quired. Email resume: [email protected] 780-488-3002.or 1-866-669-9222
130 HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS WANTED for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email: [email protected]. Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com.or 1-866-669-9222
CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS NEED-ED for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Safety tickets necessary. Fax re-sume to 250-775-6227 or email: [email protected]. Online: www.torqueindustrial.com.or 1-866-669-9222
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR
Civil & Road Builders Seeks Excavator Operators for projects in the Vancouver area.
Must have own vehicle.Min. 5 years experience in
heavy equipment operation.Fulltime $25 - $30
(depending on experience)Plus OVERTIME and BENEFITSFax resume to 604-507-4711 or
for a busy logging company in Harrison Mills . Must have valid BC drivers licence & provide own tools. At least two year’s previous experience required.
INSTALLERS & HELPERS for SHOWER DOOR & CLOSET ORGANIZER INSTALLATION
Surrey’s Leading Glass & Show-er Door Company Rahul Glass Ltd. is looking for experienced Full-Time Installers & Helpers. Exciting packages will be offered to those with previous exp. WILLING TO TRAIN. Punjabi speaking is an asset.
LOOKING for experienced erectors for pre-engineered steel buildings. Must be willing to travel. Send your resume via fax to 250-717-5751 email to [email protected] or call 250-979-2798
NOOTKA SOUND TIMBERRequires the following:
• Hydraulic Loader Opera-tor/Hoe Chucker
• Grapple Yarder Operator• Hooktender
Level III OFA would be an asset. Operates on Nootka
PERSON experienced with Piping & Structural Welding needed for a growing Northern Company. Com-petitive wages & benefi ts. Please email resume to: [email protected]. Fax 250-775-6227 or ap-ply online: www.torqueindustri-al.com.
is seeking three persons to serve as public directors on its 11-member Board of Di-rectors. Public Directors serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve four terms. A nominal per diem is paid for meetings. Candi-dates should have a record of community involvement and an interest in print and online media issues. Appli-cations together with names of two references and tele-phone numbers should be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012, to:
Call us for free information. Our friendly staff will review your
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188 LEGAL SERVICES
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236 CLEANING SERVICES
FRASER VALLEY MAID GREEN $39/hr. Includes 2 cleaners.
Several cleaning options available.Insured & Bonded. (604)302-1696
242 CONCRETE & PLACING
Anderson’s Concrete & Home RepairsPlacing, fi nishing, forms. All types
concrete & home repairs. 30Yrs expSteve 604-855-1791/604-996-1694
246 COUNTERTOPS
ONE STOP COUNTERTOP SHOPCall Al or Ron at 604-746-2282
FOR A FREE QUOTE.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
257 DRYWALL
DRYWALL TAPING, Ceiling texture & Repairs. Small or large jobs. 604-859-1354 / Cell: 604-556-4696
WALTER’S DRYWALL Taping - Texture - Repairs
Over 40 yrs exp. 604-308-7943
260 ELECTRICAL
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
281 GARDENING
CK LAWN & TREE SERVICE Hedge Trimming, Tree Pruning &
Removal. Lawn cutting 604-217-2772
Happy Place Garden & Home Services. Gardening, Pruning, Landscaping, Trimming and Handy Home Services. 604-615-4356
.Jim’s Mowingwww.jimsmowing.ca
Landscaping, new lawns, rototilling, mowing, power raking, fences, ret. walls, hedging, pruning, maint. pro-gram.604-832-8304, 604-832-8305.
283A HANDYPERSONS
COMPLETEHANDYMAN SERVICES
Residential, Commercial& Mobile Homes
Interior & Exterior Renovations We Do It All....Jack Of All Trades
WANTED MOTOR BIKE any size or kind, running or not, pay up to $100. 604-308-4225.
SWING SET WITH 2 swings, glider and slide, $70. 604-852-5953.
4 TEAK CHAIRS in good condi-tion, $100. 604-832-0706 or 604-302-0407.
DAVENPORT COUCH, Kroehler, tan, firm, in new condition. $100. 604-832-0706 or 604-302-0407.
GRACO “Marquis” STROLLER, navy / dark green plaid, good clean condition, $20. 604-850-6726.
TWILIGHT BOOK SERIES set of 4 - 2 hardcover, 2 soft cover, also hardcover Director’s Notebook “Story of how they made the movie”, excellent condition, $15 for all. 604-850-6726.
TEEN MOUNTAIN BIKE, $75. 604-504-0212 or 604-807-7864.
4 USED TIRES 185 65 R15, good tread, $100. 604-504-0212 or 604-807-7864.
WANTED 10 X 10 CANVAS gazebo replacement cover, 8 seams, will pay $50. 604-852-2440.
WHITE ARBORITE DINING table, four velour chairs, excellent condi-tion, $100. 604-852-2440.
SMALL BLOCK MOPAR E body exhaust manifolds stock, $80. 604-850-3114.
NINTENDO 360, $100. 604-850-6498.
NINTENDO 360 ACCESSORIES and two wireless controllers, $50. 604-850-6498.
NINTENDO 360 GAMES, 14, $100. Call for more info 604-850-6498.
WANTED 30 X 80 STORM DOOR, pay up to $40. 604-853-3756.
STURDY CHROME TABLE, arboritetop, great for sewing or crafts,$50. China cabinet with hutch,glass doors, $50. 604-859-4048.
WANTED: LAWN MOWER FREEfor parts working or not 604-826-2644
HEAVY DUTY WASHING machineGE, 4yrs old excellent cond $100obo 604-814-3228
HEAVY DUTY DRYER GE, 4yrs oldexcellent cond $100 obo 604-814-3228
2 MIRROR 41”X66 3/4” and41”X64 3/4” $10 each Phone Kim604-826-9322
DRYER IN CLEAN good workingcond $100.00 604-826-2430
WASHER IN CLEAN good workingcond $100.00 604-826-2430
APT SIZE FREEZER chest typeIN CLEAN good working cond$100.00 604-826-2430
FULL SIZE FRIDGE Side by side, ingood clean working cond $100.00604-826-2430
COIL TOP REG STOVE in cleangood working cond $100.00 604-826-2430
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 8yrs
PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,
2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls
Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is
completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &
Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com
Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reli- able, Effi cient & Quality Paint. 778.344.1069
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CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETSWITH DOLLAR DEALS 604-854-6397
MISSION: Barn with room for 2 horses on 2 acres. Near Municipal Hall - Dewdney Trunk Rd. Avail. now. Call 604-826-2271
456 FEED & HAY
#1 PET SOURCE• Pet Food & Accessories• Livestock Feed & Hay
• Wild Bird Seed & Accessories• Whole Lot More
34633 Vye Rd. Abbotsford B.C. (just past Costco)
604-556-7477 www.buckerfi elds.org
477 PETS
BOUVIER PUPS, home raised, loy-al & loving. var. colors $800. Call 250-486-6773. [email protected]
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are
Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at
fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
CHINESE SHAR PEIS. Healthy happy M. & F. Variety of colors & ages. Brush & bear coats. House raised. Well socialized. Vet ✔, shots. Now 604-814-0038. [email protected]
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PETS
477 PETS
DALMATIANS, 3M, born july 9, ckc reg., shots, dewormed, $1000-$1500. (604)793-5130, (604)723-2232
ENGLISH Springer Spaniel Pup-pies- Non-reg. $850 Ready end of Sept/12. 5 br/wht 2 blk/wht - male/female. call after 6pm or text before to 604-798-4998
ENGLISH BULLDOG P/B pups. Beautiful, loving, healthy, family raised. 1st shots, micro chipped, 2 year genetic health guart’d. Born June 12th. $2,000. 604-850-4192.
MALTESE pups, Born July 13. 2 Males-Non-shed. vet ✔, dewormed, 1shots. $750/ea. 604-464-5077
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
P/B Choc. lab puppies, 4 F. left, born June 27, CKC reg. vet✓ $700. 604-217-6551 or 604-825-1730.
SHELTIES SABLE COLOUR full white collars, 9 weeks old, selecting and caring for loveable precious puppies, (604)826-6311
SHORKIES beautiful Yorkie/Shih Tzu X pups, $600. 2 M & 2 F, hap-py, 1st shots, vet chkd, good pet homes only. (604)510-1477
Toy Australian Shepherds, 3 merle males, 1 tri color male, 8 wks old, $500, 604-819-5500, 604-794-3231
YORKIE PUPS. P/B no papers. Shots, vet checked, female, 8 weeks. $850. 604-702-8338 Chwk
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
509 AUCTIONS
Big Valley Auction6 0 4 - 8 5 7 - 0 8 0 0www.bigvalleyauction
100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331
560 MISC. FOR SALE
CANOPY FOR BOAT or trailer, size 13 X 26, white. New in boxes, $150. obo. 604-852-2440.
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SAWMILLS from only $3997 - 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.
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REAL ESTATE
609 APARTMENT/CONDOS
NEWER 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo at Willow Creek Aldergrove. Nice kitchen, view from balcony. Walk to shops. N/S. Available Immediately. Call Susan at 604-308-2359
633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
New SRI *1152 s/f dblwide $77,900 *14x70 full gyproc single wide, load-ed $66,900. Repossessed Mobiles & Modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.
Glenbrookhomes.net
660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE
HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYSwww.dannyevans.ca
Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley
RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
31790 UNION AVENUECLEARBROOKCrime Free LivingHURON COURT
✳ 1 Bdrm. from $625/mo.✳ 2 Bdrms from $745/mo.
Rent incl’s; Heat, H/wtr, U/G PkgQuiet, Well Maint. Build. No Pets.
Seniors Discount $25604-850-2467
Baywest Mgmt Corp
32101 Mt. Waddington AveHOMESTEAD ESTATES
Abbotsford, deluxe, large aptsNewer, well maintained bldg.
2 Bths in 2 Bdr units from $895Gas heat, f/p, d/w, inste w/d
hookup, gated u/g prkg. Cat OK Call: 604-870-9797
www.apt4rent.ca
33382 George Ferguson WayBIRCHWOOD MANORAbbots. clean & spacious
*2 Bdrm units from $750 & upSome w/insuite laundry hook-up, d/w, prkg. Part of the Abbotsford
Crime Free Housing ProgramCat OK . Call: 604-832-8909
ABBOTSFORD: 1 bdrm from $620.30+. Under new management. Close to UFV, hosp & walking dist. to shops. Full size F/S D/W. All units fully renovated. Available now. Call 604-615-9727
ABBOTSFORD 2184 McKenzie RdSpac 2 bdrm. New carpet & paint, $675. No dogs. Dirk 604-535-3475.
Abbotsford, 2bd, incl. W/D, 2 week early move in, no charge $800, avail. immed. Collin, Stratatech Consulting Ltd. 604-703-6209
ABBOTSFORD. Charlotte Manor. 2 Bdrm $750/mo incl hot water. Near rec center/bus. Ref’s. On duty manager. Call 604-864-8565.
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Abbotsford News Tuesday, September 4, 2012 A27RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
Abbotsford CentralMountainview - Bakerview
THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
NEW LOWER RENTSSENIOR’S DISCOUNT
1 & 2 Bedroom Suites
Clean & Large, hot water included. N/S
Secured U/G parking available.
Outdoor pool in garden setting.
Sorry N/P.Close to all amenities.
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Phone 604-556-7705Abbotsford - Close to Everything! Quiet area, HUGE suites, unique layouts, Storage and more. 1- Bd from $650. 2- Bd from $800. Call Park Lane Manor to view: 778-344-Apts (2787)
GET 12th MONTH FREE!!!No Pets. Written ref’s required.
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RENTALS
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
ABBOTSFORD - Attractive offi ce &/or Retail Spaces Available. All lo-cated within Abbotsford’s business core. Ph Frank@ Noort Investments 604-835-6300.
MATSQUI 1600 sf. 12’ ceiling, good for shop / storage. 12 X 12 doors. Close to town. N/p. 604-825-8090
MISSION AREA. 800 SQ. FT. SHOP. Available now. $450 + hst + hydro + gas. Security check and ref’’s. 604-820-8477, 604-820-0832.
Mission Downtown 550sf bright 2nd fl r offi ce 33121 Railway St. New fl oors. Immed. $500 604-816-2435
MISSION: RUTLEDGE HSE CTR 775 sf. 3-offi ce Suite + ktchn; wshr. New carpet; new paint $985/mo.+ HST Call 604-826-5847
715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
ABBOTSFORD. 2 bdrm. with bsmt, fcd yard nr UFV. $875. Immed. Pet on approval. Ref’s. 604-852-7695.
Upper fl oor; 2 bdrm suite in 4-plex unit. On quiet well estab-lished street. Gas f/p, balcony, extra storage space. 1 block to hospital, bus stop, shops and close to schools. Washer/dryer, fridge/stove. $875/mo incl utils. Min 1 year lease. Non smokers. Refs. required. Available now.
ABBOTSFORD, East. 5 Bd, 6 appl, 3 level home. Avail now. $1500/mo neg for long term. 604-768-9508.
ABBOTSFORD. Large exec. home in country setting. 3-4 bdrm, 5 appl, b/i vac. $1350. N/S. 604-309-8611.
ABBOTSFORD SPACIOUS 4 bdrm home, fi nished bsmt. Garage, huge yard. 604-852-8160 after 6pm
MISSION GROUND LEVEL SUITE
North Side of Hatzic LakeWater Front Property w/ Dock.
Beautiful, Bright, Main level, 1,200sf. 3 bdrm. 1 bath. $1000/mo. + utils. Available Now!
604-418-6654
746 ROOMS FOR RENT
ABBOTSFORD East furn.rm incl utils, use of lndry & kit. Ns/Np $425 +$200DD. 604-853-8175, 751-1520
747 RV PADS
QUIET FAMILY CAMPGROUNDOn #7 Hwy 20 Min. East of Mission monthly year round sites 4 rent $315/mo incl water & sewer, elec. metered. Park model RV’s wel-come. No GPS Service avail Call for location (604)826-2741
749 STORAGE
LOCKABLE STORAGE / WORK-SHOP spaces. 20’ X 40’, drive in. Small sizes available. 6 am - 10 pm access. Chase Monday - Friday. 8 am - 5 pm. 604-826-2383
ABBOTSFORD 32095 Rogers Ave. Clean 2 bdr gr lvl ste, full bath, avail now. 778-983-2270, 604-217-4541.
ABBOTSFORD E. 1 bdrm suite nr ARC. Suit single mature person. N/s N/p. Avail now. $700. 604-308-6238
ABBOTSFORD E. Large 1 bdrm. suite on Sumas Mtn. Incl all utils & wireless internet. Close to all amen & Hwy 1. Np/ns. $600/mo. Sept. 1. 778-388-0006 or 604-834-5798.
ABBOTSFORD, New 1 or 2/bdrm suite. Avail now. N/S, N/P. Close to Mission. Call (604)814-3041
ABBOTSFORD W. 2 bdrm. 1 bath, w/d. N/p, n/s. Avail. now. Suit small family. $850/mo. + 1/2 utils. Call 604-854-6025 or 778-549-0211.
MATSQUI. Brand new 2 bdrm. upper suite on farm. Close to town. N/p. Call 604-825-8090
752 TOWNHOUSES
ABBOTSFORD, 33499 Marshall, 3 bdrm, 3 level, 1.5 bath, 1800 sf $1100/mo. Avail Sept 1. Call 604-557-0411 or 604-807-3294.
MISSION: 3 Bdrm Townhome, quiet family complex. Rent geared to in-come. N/P. 604-820-1715
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818 CARS - DOMESTIC
1988 CHRYSLER LEBARON con-vert. new top, brand new brakes & tires. 100 km on 2nd mtr. Will trade for older pickup in good shape. Phone (604)625-3299.
2005 LINCOLN SL. Collectible. Automatic. Black w/chrome wheels. Asking $20,000. 604-852-4879
2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS - V-6, auto, ice cold air, loaded, no accidents. Only $3750 604-556-4242
2006 CHRYSLER 300, 4 dr, load-ed, 77K, fresh AirCare, awesome shape, $9950. Jim 604-828-2084
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS
2002 NISSAN SENTRA 128,000km, silver, manual trans. ps., pb., pl., keyless, one owner, no accidents. $4200. (604)657-6844
2006 MAZDA 3 - 4 dr sedan. auto, 2l, 70,000 kms, Blue. Many options. $7700/fi rm (604)538-4883
2009 SUZUKI S40. 650 cc. 2,700 kms. Like new. $5,200. Call 604-309-3564
838 RECREATIONAL/SALE
1991 Class A MOTORHOMEMode-34 SI. Ford chasse, 460CID engine SFI, 4 spd, auto. trans (with over drive) Power steering, power brakes, disk brakes on 4 wheels, tilt st. wheel, a/c, cruise, burner range, oven, double sink & many more extras. A must see! Original owner. Under 70,000 miles.
Price $19,950. Henry 604-309-6012
2007 HARLEY SPORTSTERFactory custom, 74 cube (1200) big bore by Denco Cycle, Bassani pipe, windshield, sissy bar, leath-er bags. 27,000km, one old guy owner, $7450 obo (604)817-1945
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851 TRUCKS & VANS
1991 TOYOTA PICKUP, 4 X 4, 5 speed standard, 3L, V6. Asking $2,200. Call (604)859-3596
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All prices plus taxes and fees. MSA Finance Cash for vehicles financed at MSA Ford for terms greater than 73 months. Truck owner rebate available for owners of any make of truck. Registration required by dealer. 0% financing available OAC. Vehicle photos may not be exactly as shown.*F150 lease offer based on 48 month lease at 5.99% LApR. Total payments $23,472. Lease end purchase option $15,872. 20,000 km mileage limit. payments based on 60-84 month terms. payments include taxes. ApR on new vehicles is 4.95%. used vehicle ApRs very between 4.95% and 6.99%.
