ROCHELLE BAKER [email protected]R oyal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet demonstration pilot Capt. Patrick “Flocho” Pollen is ready a n d raring to go for the Abbotsford International Airshow this weekend – literally. “I’m strapped into the cockpit as we speak,” said the fighter pilot during an interview over the phone with the Times on Wednesday. “I’m making a quick stop in Cold Lake this afternoon . . . then zipping down to Abbotsford right after.” The trip in the jet from the military air force base on the east- ern edge of Alberta to YXX in Abbotsford is expected to take 90 minutes. Pollen – a combat-certified four-ship lead pilot with more than 3,200 hours of military flying in high performance aircraft – said he’s keen to show off just what the Hornet can do for fans at the airshow. “Flying the CF-18 is a pleasure,” said Pollen, who has also graduated from the 419 Squadron as the top overall pilot in the CT-155 Hawk in both air-to- air and air-to-ground tactics before moving onto his CF-18 Hornet training. “The fastest I’m allowed to fly in the show is just under 1,000 km/h which is just under subsonic speed. “I can’t shatter the sound bar- rier at the airshow because I’d break all the nearby house and car windows and people wouldn’t be very happy.” The Hornet is actually capable of flying double that speed, at near 2,000 km/h, or just under twice the speed of sound, said Pollen. “That’s just the tip of the iceberg for its capabilities,” he added. abbotsfordtimes.com Valley Voices winner crowned 18 T H U R S D A Y INSIDE: Food bank helps local man get back on his feet Pg. 3 August 8, 2013 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER & ENTERTAINMENT ROCHELLE BAKER [email protected]A bbotsford Police are investigating after a 19-year-old man was killed in a crash that occurred on Townline Road early Tuesday morning. A red Acura lost control and careened off the road into a ditch along Townline near Olund Road at 2:25 a.m., said Const. Ian MacDonald. Four young men, ranging in age from 19 to 25 years old, were in the car. A nearby resident who investigated after hear- ing the crash was asked by some of the car’s occupants not to call police and to take them to hospital herself, said MacDonald. “She was asked to transport them to hospital and that only solidified her decision to call 911,” he said. “They probably weren’t grasping the severity of their 19-year-old friend’s injuries.” All the men were transported to hospital but the most seriously injured crash victim – who had been thrown from the car – died in hospital a short time later. The three other men suffered non-life threat- ening injuries. Speed and alcohol are being investigated as possible factors in the crash, said MacDonald. “That they didn’t want police on scene cer- tainly threw up a red flag for us,” he said. The rural stretch of road is hilly, gravelly with some sharp turns and a posted speed limit of 30 km/h, he added. Police are also still trying to determine who was driving the car. “[The car’s occupants] haven’t provided any information that has helped us in that regard,” said MacDonald. “We’ve received less than full cooperation.” None of the occupants own the car, which might belong to a family member, he said. Abbotsford teen dies in Tuesday morning car crash Speed and alcohol investigated as possible factors – JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES Police investigate the crash site on Townline Road near Olund Road in Abbotsford that claimed a life Tuesday morning. A bbotsford Airshow taking flight – MIKE REYNO/FOR THE TIMES This CF-18 Hornet will be at the Abbotsford Airshow this weekend. see CF-18, page A4 34081 Gladys Ave. Abbotsford 604.852.9305 • 7221 Park St. & Lougheed Mission 604.826.1315 The Salvation Army of Abbotsford and Mission Together, we are making a difference in our community. ‘Like’ us on Facebook at The Salvation Army Thrift Store - Abbotsford The Salvation Army Thrift Stores are very much in need of your clean, gently used clothing items. When you donate to or shop at our Thrift Stores you are helping us help others. All proceeds from the sale of your items support vital programs and services right here in our community. 201-2190 West Railway Sreet, Abbotsford, BC V2S 2E2 Independent Financial Services Rick Barkwell, FMA Financial Advisor 604-851-4292 [email protected]Conservative Investment Advice Member CIPF
Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet demonstrationpilot Capt. Patrick “Flocho” Pollen is ready a n draring to go for the Abbotsford
International Airshow this weekend– literally.
“I’m strapped into the cockpit as wespeak,” said the fighter pilot during aninterview over the phone with the Timeson Wednesday.
“I’m making a quick stop in Cold Lakethis afternoon . . . then zipping down toAbbotsford right after.”
The trip in thejet from themilitary airforce baseon the east-
ern edge of Alberta to YXX in Abbotsford is expected to take90 minutes.
Pollen – a combat-certified four-ship lead pilot with morethan 3,200 hours of military flying in high performance aircraft– said he’s keen to show off just what the Hornet can do for
fans at the airshow.“Flying the CF-18 is a pleasure,” said Pollen,
who has also graduated from the 419Squadron
as the top overall pilot in the CT-155 Hawk in both air-to-air and air-to-ground tactics before moving onto his CF-18Hornet training.
“The fastest I’m allowed to fly in the show is just under1,000 km/h which is just under subsonic
speed.“I can’t shatter
the sound bar-rier at the airshow
because I’d break allthe nearby house and car
windows and people wouldn’t bevery happy.”
The Hornet is actually capable of flying double thatspeed, at near 2,000 km/h, or just under twice the speed of
sound, said Pollen.“That’s just the tip of the iceberg for its capabilities,” he
added.
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Abbotsford Police are investigating aftera 19-year-old man was killed in a crash
that occurred on Townline Road early Tuesdaymorning.
A red Acura lost control and careened off theroad into a ditch along Townline near OlundRoad at 2:25 a.m., said Const. Ian MacDonald.Four young men, ranging in age from 19 to 25years old, were in the car.
A nearby resident who investigated after hear-ing the crash was asked by some of the car’soccupants not to call police and to take them tohospital herself, said MacDonald.
“She was asked to transport them to hospitaland that only solidified her decision to call 911,”he said. “They probably weren’t grasping theseverity of their 19-year-old friend’s injuries.”
All the men were transported to hospital butthe most seriously injured crash victim – whohad been thrown from the car – died in hospitala short time later.
The three other men suffered non-life threat-ening injuries.
Speed and alcohol are being investigated aspossible factors in the crash, said MacDonald.
“That they didn’t want police on scene cer-tainly threw up a red flag for us,” he said.
The rural stretch of road is hilly, gravelly withsome sharp turns and a posted speed limit of30 km/h, he added. Police are also still trying todetermine who was driving the car.
“[The car’s occupants] haven’t provided anyinformation that has helped us in that regard,”said MacDonald. “We’ve received less than fullcooperation.”
None of the occupants own the car, whichmight belong to a family member, he said.
Abbotsford teen dies in Tuesday morning car crashSpeed and alcohol investigated as possible factors
– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Police investigate the crash site on Townline Road near Olund Road in Abbotsford thatclaimed a life Tuesday morning.
Abbotsford Airshow taking flight
– MIKE REYNO/FOR THE TIMES
This CF-18 Hornet will be at theAbbotsford Airshow this weekend.
see CF-18, page A4
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is featuring its Running on Emptyseries in coming weeks about theAbbotsford Ford Bank and MissionFood Centre that highlights the workeach organization does and some ofthe people they serve. Today’s featurehighlights an Abbotsford residentwho found himself on the streets dueto a drug addiction and was forcedto use the food bank to survive. Intime he went on to surmount thechallenges in his life.
B y all appearances, Abbotsfordresident Kal Sidhu has it all.
The 39-year-old has a sup-portive loving wife, two healthy andbeloved children, a good job in adver-tising and even a family dog.
But Sidhu’s personal successescame harder to him than others, andhe sees each day as a blessing.
“Life is really precious right now,”said Sidhu.
He’s achieved his personal defini-tion of success, but Sidhu had tocome from rock bottom to do it.
He did so with help from theAbbotsford Food Bank during hisdarkest years.
Seven years ago, Sidhu was home-less; at the bottom of a downwardspiral due to an addiction to crackcocaine.
He’d come from a loving family,but lost his mom at a young age andstarted experimenting with drugs inhigh school.
The experimenting eventuallydeveloped into a cocaine habit thatgot progressively worse and in 2003he found himself using crack.
Like many addicts, he eventuallycouldn’t keep a job and alienatedthose closest to him, stealing fromthem, doing anything to pay for hisdrugs.
“My family was the last to give upon me,” said Sidhu.
“But in the end they had to kickme out and I was homeless on thestreets.”
Sidhu was dependent on the foodbank and other community organiza-tions such as the Salvation Army andAbbotsford Community Services forhis survival.
At his lowest point, Sidhu robbed agas station in 2006.
One night soon after, sick of hislife, Sidhu confessed his crime to anAbbotsford police officer.
“I was desperate. I didn’t want touse any more,” he said.
While on the streets, the officers
had often talked with Sidhu andencouraged him to use the serviceshe needed.
But now they were forced to arresthim.
He spent a couple months in pris-on, which proved another catalyst forchange.
“I got into afight and saw thereal face of evil,”said Sidhu.
He also pickedup a Bible andmade a strongconnection withthe prison chap-lain.
“Je s u s c a m einto my life per-sonally,” said Sid-hu. “I asked for help and that’s whenmy life began to change.”
His new spirituality was a turningpoint and the beginning of his longroad to severing the ties of his addic-tion, which included more than a yearin a full-time recovery program.
It took him time to find the right
combination of supports and helpfrom family, friends and his church toescape the clutches of drug addiction,said Sidhu.
Like many addicts, he’d made mul-tiple attempts at treatment and toquit drugs.
Services like thefood bank kepthim afloat untilthe circumstanc-es converged toget him on theright track, saidSidhu.
“I was given anopportunity,” hesaid, noting hewants others tohave the samechances he did.
Not everybody attending the foodbank will surmount life’s challenges,said Sidhu.
But given his experience, socialprograms like the food bank can helppeople make it out of the difficultsituations they find themselves in.
“It’s happening right now. We just
don’t know it yet,” said Sidhu.“There’s more people out there
[changing their lives] than just me.”The food bank is a source of hope
for people who are struggling, hesaid.
“There’s something spiritual aboutgetting food from somebody,” saidSidhu.
“A connection is forged when youshare food with somebody. It speaksto love, and love heals.”
Sharing his story is a way Sidhu cangive back to the food bank.
“Not everybody that goes through[tough times] wants to go public,”he said.
“But this isn’t about me. It’s aboutwho’s going to come through the foodbank’s doors.
“That next person that needs sup-port.”
■ The Abbotsford Food Bank is facing aserious shortage of food and cash dona-tions this summer. For more informationon the food bank visit www.abbotsford-foodbank.com.
– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Kal Sidhu is living proof that charitable programs such as the food bank do work. He went from crack addict to success-ful businessman, thanks in large part to the help received from the Abbotsford Food Bank.
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Running on Empty: Through charitycomes success
“Not everybody that goesthrough [tough times] wants togo public. But this isn’t aboutme. It’s about who’s going tocome through the food bank’sdoors. That next person thatneeds support.”
B efore civilians turn their facesturned skyward for the three-day Abbotsford International
Airshow this weekend, the city will hosta high-level aerospace and defenceexpo at Tradex during the week.
This is the fourth year Abbotsfordis hosting the two-day Aerospace,Defence and Security Expo, expectedto draw more than 250 members fromthose industry sectors and from thefederal government to do business witheach other.
The expo also offers small- andmedium-sized regional businesses thechance to network and to form col-laborative partnerships with industry
stakeholders, said Abbotsford MayorBruce Banman.
“In addition to the defence and aero-space sectors, this year we expandedour event to include a showcase of thesecurity sector,” he said.“
We believe the addition of this keyindustry will bring enhanced value toall participants seeking new businessopportunities.”
The airshow sets the “tone for captur-ing the vision of business and govern-ment leaders” from the three industries,and represents “the reality of the tech-nologies and the commerce that is thefocus of ADSE,” he said.
The combination of the trade show“with real-time demonstrations makesour event unique in Canada,” Banmansaid.
The federal government is sending ofteam of ministers to speak and networkat the expo, including Abbotsford MPEd Fast, Minister of International Tradeand Development Canada; Minister ofNational Defence Rob Nicholson; Min-ister of Industry James Moore; Ministerof State for Western DiversificationMichelle Rempel. B.C. Premier ChristyClark and Finance Minister Mike deJong will also attend.
Leaders from Cascade Aerospace,Bombardier, Lockheed Martin, Boeing,and representatives from commercialaerospace, security, intelligence andrelated sectors will also be present.
Pollen will also do manoeu-vres that will slow the CF-18to “mere” 160 km, a practi-cal military capability rareamong fighter aircraft, hesaid.
Beyond showcasing theCF-18, Pollen is enjoyinghis year-long posting as theaircraft’s demo pilot, consid-ered an honour among theCanadian Air Force fightercommunity.
“It’s outstanding experi-ence. It’s the most amazing
job in the world and I havethe opportunity to meetthousands of Canadians,”he said.
The CF-18 demo teamwill take part in 19 airshowsin Canada this year. It hasalready done four in the U.S.and even one in Colombia inSouth America.
There are also some posi-tive commonalities to everyairshow and Abbotsford is noexception, said Pollen.
“I’m looking forward tomeeting some of the thou-sands of volunteers who
make the show a success,”he said.
Prior to training as a demopilot, Pollen was a CF-18fighter pilot posted to 3 Wingin Bagotville, Quebec wherehe flew operationally with425 Tactical Fighter Squad-ron.
He has been deployed over-seas twice; once to Afghani-stan and more recently in thespring of 2011 to Libya.
Ecstatic. That was the word Agrifair president Ernie Silveriused to describe how fair organizers were feeling, one
day after the conclusion of the 2013 rendition of the annualevent.
“I’m ecstatic. We know the numbers are up. The parking lotwas sold out and overflowing. We had to park in the churchand at the (W.J. Mouat) school across the street,” Silverisaid.
A new $15 four-day pass, more vendors and attractionsand a larger layout drew in families and kept them happy,he said.
General manager Pam Brenner said the tally will definitelybe more than the 33,000 visitors at last year’s fair. She expectsto have final figures in another week or two.
“The overall feeling is that it was a success. The board ofdirectors can feel pretty proud of themselves, they worked sohard,” said Brenner.
The threat of a rainy weekend may have kept families intown, but a strong marketing push and the return of somefavourite programs, such as the demolition derby, alsobrought in fair visitors, she said.
“Even with the rain, the crowd at the rodeo Friday was good,and they were packed Saturday and Sunday,” she said.
At one point on Saturday, there was a half-hour wait just tobuy tickets to get in and the lineup wound into the parkinglot. Organizers quickly rounded up any workers who wereavailable and had them sell tickets to people in the lineup toget them in, said Silveri.
“We weren’t expecting the numbers of people . . . but weadapted quickly,” he said.
Reports were positive all-round, he said, from visitors,sponsors, vendors and trade show participants, while enter-tainers like Jars of Clay and Dallas Smith drew crowds of upto 4,000.
“[Vendor] sales were up and they were very, very happy.They’re looking forward to next year. The sponsors liked whatthey were seeing and want to be back next year,” he said.
Agrifair organizers happy
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“These young men and women have worked very hard toget here on scholarship, and will continue to work even harderthroughout the course,” said Lt.-Col. Tony Appels, command-ing officer of RGS (Pacific).
Cadet Gill is a member of 861 Silverfox Squadron inAbbotsford. Gill studied all aspects of aviation in order to passan entrance exam, prior to sitting before a review board.
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Cadet Arjun Gill, of 861 Silverfox Squadron in Abbotsford, in hisaircraft, with his instructor, Lt. Fred Levasseur.
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There are bound to be plenty of peoplewho think conservation officersshouldn’t have killed the cougar that
was threatening people near Cultus Lake.The theory goes that the cougar should
have been relocated away from humanity soit could go upon its predatory way withoutthreatening people.
It’s a nice theory, but it’s naive. You can’trehabilitate an anti-social cougar.
Once a cougar – or a bear – gets to thepoint where it starts menacing people ona popular hiking trail, it has lost its fear ofhumans. At that point, relocation becomeshopeless.
How, exactly, does one successfully relo-cate an animal that A) can roam hundredsof kilometres; B) has lost its fear of humans;and C) has come to see those same humansas an easy source of food.
You can’t.Once those animals learn just how easy
it is to steal food from humans, relocationbecomes a fool’s errand.
Worse, for a young cougar that doesn’tknow how to hunt – like the one killedThursday – relocation to some mythicalplace far removed from humans would sim-ply draw out the animal’s death away fromthe sensitive eyes of us humans.
And don’t for a minute think that the con-servation officer in charge took any pleasurein firing the fatal bullet. Any conservationofficer will tell you that’s the hardest part oftheir job.
Killing wildlife is the least desirable optionfor them, as is insinuated by the title “con-servation” officer.
Is it fair that the habitat of North America’slarge mammals is shrinking so that wehumans can expand into Mother Nature’sdomain? Probably not.
But we’re all culpable.The presence of the most environmentally
conscious hiker is an intrusion on the natu-ral home of cougars, bears and other forestanimals.
Almost every piece of property in BritishColumbia was carved out of wilderness. Andthe food we eat requires land that also wasonce wild nature.
We can’t absolve ourselves of that guilt bydecrying last week’s killing of a cougar.
Indeed, doing so only shows an insensi-tivity to the everyday moral compromiseshumans make in order to live happy, pros-perous lives in the 21st century.
C anadians, during thePierre Trudeau era,discovered the “joy”
of overspending. Today, the“pain” from that generation’slegacy saddles us with morethan $600B in national debtand almost $600B in provincialdebt.
Villains in this fiscal dilemmaare the cyclical adoptions ofKeynesian theory twinned withpublic sector bargaining. Poli-ticians are enslaved by thesetwins because they are a conve-nient ticket to election.
Keynesian economicsadvocates a mixed economy,predominantly private sector,but with a role for governmentintervention during recessions.
This theory is ruined by areality in our democratic sys-tem that politicians must winthe next election to carry-on.
Once a program to kick-starteconomic activity is instituted,it is almost impossible to with-draw when the recession ends.
Special interest groups, whocan commandeer large voterblocks, can drum up large pro-tests when governments try toend initiatives.
Making Keynesian theorywork requires governments tospin on a dime and immediate-ly shrink their workforce aftera stimulus initiative. Unfortu-nately it is “glued on the dime”because public sector unioncontracts are so paralytic.
Unionization in the publicsector should be a non-starter.
Former Quebec premier
Maurice Duplessis was correctwhen he said 65 years ago: “Theright to strike against the publicinterest does not exist.”
President Kennedy, fearful forhis re-election after the Bay ofPigs, changed the landscape forboth the U.S. and Canada whenhe allowed public sector union-ization. Within three yearsCanada followed suit.
Initially the understandingwas that public employeeswould be less well-paid thantheir private sector counter-parts, in exchange for greaterjob security, pensions andin general less challengingemployment.
Public sector unionizationchanged the playing field, andtheir political bosses were easyprey for their militancy.
Politicians are not negotiatingwith their money. They simplyare too weak when they haveaccess to our money.
With no products being man-ufactured, nor any competition,politicians represent manage-ment while worrying abouttheir own re-election.
Armed with the right tostrike, unions have a powerfuladvantage over their privatesector counterparts who share
accountability for a company’seconomic survival.
In the public sector, wherethere is no alternate provider,public wrath is heaped upongovernment for any interrup-tion to services.
Government collective bar-gaining means voters do nothave the final say on publicpolicy. Instead, elected repre-sentatives negotiate spend-ing and policy decisions withunions, often secretly.
This is not exactly democrat-ic, nor does it respect free mar-ket principles built on workerservice, efficiency and merit.
Public sector unions insist onlaws that serve their interestsat the expense of the commongood. Joe Davidson, once postalworkers’ president, infamouslyshouted “To hell with the pub-lic.”
In education, where teach-ers also have the right to strike,students are held hostage innumerous ways including pres-suring the home to arrangealternative care for their chil-dren.
These twins of Keynesianspending and public-sectorunions are succeeding in mort-gaging our next generation’swell-being. Making a mistake isunfortunate, but perpetuatingit is failed leadership.
■ Jim Dueck is a former Abbotsfordschool superintendent, former assis-tant deputy minister in Alberta’seducation ministry, an author anddedicated duffer.
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Editor, the Times:Writers Redekop, Roe,
and Gruban brought up adiscussion on the relativemerits of the Old and NewTestaments in today’s con-text.
I believe the OT and NTwork together since oneis a spiritual fulfillmentof the physical ‘types andshadows’ anticipated by theother.
The law of the OT con-tains physical rules thatenable mankind to knowwhat constitutes right andwrong, and the harsh penal-ties for disobedience – bothin this life and the next.
This moral law hasnever changed but the NTrecounts a spiritual fulfill-ment in that Christ’s cruci-fixion provided a sacrifice
for sin such that all believerswill have eternal life.
Thus the OT contains lawand condemnation whilethe NT contains grace andforgiveness.
Governments should alsouse biblical principles ofright and wrong as the basisfor deciding what’s legal andillegal although the penal-ties for infractions will, ofcourse, vary dependingupon the cultural climate ofthe day.
Some infractions, liketattoos, pre-marital sex, orswearing at one’s parents,may not even be dealt within law today although theyremain immoral and shouldbe repented of.
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Local rugger wins bronzeJorden Sandover-Best of Abbotsfordhelped Canada’s Maple Leafs team cap-ture the bronze medal in the men’s rugbysevens at the World Games in Cali, Colom-bia. “It was an awesome experience toplay rugby on a global stage and to seethe pace and skill that it’ll take to get tothe next level,” said Sandover-Best. TheRobert Bateman grad, now playing withthe UBC Thunderbirds, scored the game-winning try in Canada’s 33-21 victory overFrance in the bronze medal game onAug. 2. With the game tied 21-21 late inthe second half, he scored a try at 12:04to give Canada the lead for good. TheCanadian team went 4-2 over the two-day tournament, losing to Argentina 19-7in the semifinal before bouncing back fora spot on the podium.
Top-25 finish for HadwinAbbotsford pro golfer Adam Hadwin tiedfor 21st at the Mylan Classic in Canonsburg,Pa. last weekend. He shot 70-72-69-71 fora total score of 282, good enough to tiewith five other Web.com golfers, eachearning $6,795.
Local ruggers at nationalsTiffany Picketts of Abbotsford wasnamed to the Canada U20 long list forthe Nation’s Cup in women’s rugby, andis one of several Abbotsford playerson the BC U18 provincial team for theNational Championships Festival Aug. 7-11 at UBC. Picketts captained Abby Seniorto a provincial Double-A title this pastMay. Other Abbotsford ruggers on theU18 BC team include Sophia DeGianni(Yale), Lauren Kerr (Bateman), Kay Olsen(Bateman), Chrissa Perez (Yale), ShelbyPihl (Abby Sr.), and Mackenzie Fowler ofHeritage Park in Mission. Team BC playsNova Scotia at noon on Thursday andOntario at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, beforeplayoff rounds begin Saturday.
Racer wins F.A.R.T.Abbotsford resident Paul Higgins wonthe fourth annual Family Affair RacingTeam’s Formula Vee Invitational Race atMission Raceway Park on Saturday. Thelocal driver beat racers from the U.S. andB.C. to take the win.
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Abbotsford’s Mosquito A All-Stars won gold in baseball provin-cials, beating Ladner 18-14 in the final in Cloverdale on Sunday.
The Abbotsford Angels came awaywith provincial gold in the 10Umosquito division of baseball
Sunday in Cloverdale.The 10-year-old Mosquito A All-Stars
earned their provincial berth with onlyone loss in league play this season, butit took double overtime to beat Ladner18-14 in the championship final.
“We had boys and parents crying,they were so happy,” said head coachRichard Rabinovitch.
The All-Stars met four of the prov-inces best teams on their way throughround robin play, beating Richmond13-8; Oceanside (Vancouver Island)19-12; Cloverdale 7-1; and their fourthwin was against Quesnel 14-2.
They bestedVictoria 10-3 in the semi-
final, then went on to an epic battle inthe final against Ladner who was alsoundefeated in round robin play.
The two teams were tied 8-8 afterseven innings of play. They both scoredthree times in the eighth, making it an11-11 game, before the All-Stars won itin the second extra inning, outscoringLadner 7-3 in the ninth to claim the2013 Mosquito A provincial champi-onship.
Rabinovitch was thrilled with the playand work ethic of his young team.
“I could never pick a MVP because allthe boys were heroes,” he said.
Another Abbotsford team, the 11UMosquito AAA Tier 1 Angels won silver,after winning silver in the A tourna-ment in 2012.
They lost to Victoria 14-7 in thechampionship game in a tournamentplayed in Cloverdale.
All-Stars take provincial baseball gold
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If we Christians are hon-est with ourselves wemust admit that no
matter what we have beendoing thus far, the tide ofevents continues to sweepour society along, irrevoca-bly it seems, towards fiscaldisaster, moral chaos andanarchy.
An old adage says, “Whenall else fails, pray!”
God says the same thing in 2 Chronicles7:14, in giving counsel to King Solomonregarding the steps to be taken wheneverthe nation Israel, suffering discipline for itswayward ways, was seeking a way out.
“If my people, who are called by myname, shall humble themselves and prayand seek my face, and turn from theirwicked ways, then will I hear from heaven,and will forgive their sins and will heal theirland.”
Though this counsel was given originallyto God’s people, Israel, with regard to thePromised Land, the principle is the same.
Today “my people” is the church, the bodyof believers, whom Jesus said are “the lightof the world” and “the salt of the earth,” andwe desperately need God’s intervention!
But we need to carefully heed the mea-sures we must take and follow them in theirstated sequence, if we would see God work.
The first phrase in the exhortation is “Ifmy people, who are called by my name.”
It indicates the necessity of a decision onour part as believers, corporately, to takeaction. The buck stops with us.
Unless we the church, His people, decideand act, nothing will happen.
Only a revival of faith inthe living God can changethe mood of society and onlya revived church can bringthat change about.
It has happened manytimes in the past. It can hap-pen again here and now, ifwe the church will but heedthe exhortations here given.
The primary actionsneeded for our receiving God’s help are to“humble (ourselves) and pray and seek hisface.” It is no good crying out to God abouthow bad things are and pleading for hishelp unless we come confessing our failureand helplessness and the futility of seekingour own solutions.
But now comes the clincher, the hardpart, “and turn from their wicked ways”.
Since we have not up until now obeyedGod’s call to humble ourselves and seek hisface, does that mean we do not think wehave any wicked ways to turn from? Darewe say that to God’s face? Dare we?
An old oft-repeated liturgical prayerbreaks into our complacency and begs to betaken seriously: “Almighty and most merci-ful Father, we have erred, and strayed fromthy ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devicesand desires of our own hearts. We haveoffended against thy holy laws . . .” (Book ofCommon Prayer)
Forgive us oh Lord. Revive us, we pray, andheal our land for your mercy’s sake. Amen.
■ Bert Warden is a former missionary and retiredC&MA pastor. He is a member of Sevenoaks Alli-ance Church in Abbotsford
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Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. A Long Time Ago: Growing Up With and Outof Star Wars author Gib van Ert joins artist Chris Woods for afree informal talk on the subject at The Reach Gallery, whereWoods has his Star Wars-themed Sandstorm exhibit, at 32388Veterans Way, Abbotsford. Call 604-864-8087, see thereach.ca.
Music, film fest at Jam in JubileeAug. 8, tonight Satori Tide (roots rock) and Old Mare (alterna-tive country) perform at the Jam in Jubilee in Jubilee Park,Abbotsford. The Jam short film fest starts at 9 p.m. Marketopens at 6 p.m., music from 7 p.m. See www.jaminjubilee.comfor all the details.
The Reach summer moviesAug. 9 at 7 p.m. The Reach shows Tora! Tora! Tora! and on Aug.16, The Great Gatsby, for free. Call 604-864-8087 or go onlineto thereach.ca for more on the movies and summer events. TheReach is at 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford.
Twilight concertsAug. 9, at 7 p.m. local favourites Madflower (with Willis Taylor,Steve Walsh, Eric Van Steenis, Brad Davis) perform at FraserRiver Heritage Park in Mission. This is an Envision Full Cupboardevent, so please bring an item for the food bank. On Aug. 14,it’s a Rockin’ River Fest country music preview. The Envision Twi-light concerts are free but donations are welcome. Bring a chair,blanket. Call 604-826-0277, or see heritagepark-mission.ca.
John Lee Sanders at Dewdney PubAug. 10, Bare Foot performs at 8:30 p.m. at the DewdneyPub, 8793 River Road S., five minutes east of Mission off theLougheed Hwy. Call 604-826-4762 for details. On Sunday it’sJohn Lee Sanders ‘deep fried funk’ at 4 p.m. Tickets $10. Call604-826-4762 or go to churchoftheblues.ca.
Mill Lake Envision concertsAug. 10, Shannon Lee brings country and classic rock to the freeEnvision Concert in the Park from 6 – 8 p.m. at Kariton House,2387 Ware St., Abbotsford. See abbotsfordartscouncil.com.
Rockin’ River Music FestAug. 15 – 17, at the Mission Raceway grounds, the Rockin’ RiverMusic Fest features country and rock acts Brad Paisley, Big &Rich, Chris Young, Emerson Drive, Lisa Brokop, Trooper, KennyHess, Brent Lee, Merv Tremblay, Topaz with Annika Kraakman,Kylee Epp, camping and much more. See rockinriverfest.com.
Juried art showAug. 13 – 31, the Fraser Valley Chapter of the Federation ofCanadian Artists second annual juried art show with receptionAug. 17 from 1 – 4 p.m. Oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel andgraphite paintings will be displayed at the Mission Arts Centre,33529 First Ave., Mission. Phone 604-826-0029 for details.
The 13-year-old wowedjudges and an appreciativeaudience with her pipes andher presence on the Agrifairstage Aug. 2 to take the over-all prize in the fifth annualsinging competition. Shesang Taylor Swift’s I Knew YouWere Trouble and Skinny Loveby Birdy.
She earned an amazingartist development packagefrom Darcy D Music Groupof Abbotsford, plus consul-tations with internationallyrenown voice coaches DaveStroud and RAab Stevenson,and lots of other support tolaunch a music career.
“We’re going to brand her,build her social presence,develop some songs for herand get her performing live.Then she can decide if shewants to continue,” said Dar-cy Deutsch, a former leadsinger with Vancouver bandPrism, and the principal atthe Darcy D Music Group,which focuses on artist devel-opment.
Runners up were Matthewvan Vooght (13 – 18 years),
and Aza Deschamps (7 – 12years). A special nod went toyoung competitor CatrynaAkins who collected the mostlikes on the VVVC Facebook
site. Other finalists wereJonah Weisner, Alyssa Lynchand Madison Bell. More than200 B.C. youngsters audi-tioned for the contest.
In 2008, Darcy D joined upwith Brad Styba of Abbotsfordto produce the successful B.C.Idol contest, then launchedVVVC in 2009.
With sponsors such asAbbotsford Agrifair, McDon-ald’s, Sevenoaks ShoppingCentre, Long & McQuade,City of Abbotsford, DMG andRevival Arts Photo Studio, theVVVC has showcased severalnew artists in its short history,including 2013 Juno Awardsnominee Victoria Duffield.
Deutsch said the youngsingers seem more polishedwith every new contest.
“They never cease to amazeme. They get younger andbetter,” he said. “Is it accessto the Internet, I don’t know.They seem to work reallyhard and have the right toolsat their fingertips.”
Deutsch has worked forrecord labels and as a tourmanager, but is “first andforemost a singer,” he said.
He’s also an authorizedteacher of the Vocology inPractice ( VIP) method ofvoice training, used by Dis-ney International and PaulMcCartney’s Liverpool Insti-tute of Performing Arts.
DMG works with localmusicians Kristal Barrett,Savannah Quinn, Faber Driveand many others.
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Kianna Nicholson, 13, of Chilliwack was the overall winner ofthe Valley Voices competition Aug. 2 at Agrifair.
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