abbotsfordtimes.com Mairi at Mission Folk Music Fest 21 T H U R S D A Y INSIDE: Ladies to tackle Mission mountains on bikes Pg. 20 July 18, 2013 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER & ENTERTAINMENT ROCHELLE BAKER [email protected]A bbotsford Police are warning residents not to put purses or bags into trunks while attending city parks, after a rash of thefts that started along with the warm weather. There have been 11 thefts from cars at a number of parks recently, as the num- ber of people attending the recreational areas has spiked with the start of sum- mer weather, said Const. Ian MacDonald. The thieves appear to be targeting purses or bags in trunks, taking the victims’ ID and credit cards, then quick- ly making lots of purchases, said MacDonald. The areas hit by the thefts include Albert Dyck, Will- band Creek, Bateman Park, Matsqui Trail Regional Park, Mill Lake and Ellwood parks. Most of the parks hit fea- ture trails or paths where people tend to park their cars and be gone for some time, said MacDonald. “The thieves know that you’re out for a walk for the requisite 40 minutes, and they take advantage of that time,” he said. “It looks like there are sev- eral individuals involved . . . as these thefts end up being quite lucrative, especially if they end up with a credit card.” Residents heading into a park shouldn’t leave valu- ables in the car, even in a locked trunk, said MacDon- ald, adding thieves likely tar- get vehicles where they saw owners put possessions into the trunk. “It’s better to bring some- thing portable, such a smaller wallet or the bare minimum, such as a credit card and driver’s licence, and bring it with you, if you are headed into the park,” he said. MacDonald also reminded people to close the windows of their vehicles despite the hot weather, to better pre- vent thefts. – PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ROCHELLE BAKER Police are warning people not to leave purses unattended in vehicles after a rash of thefts in city parks. Heat sparks crime wave at Abbotsford parks Suspects targeting purses and bags locked in trunks ROCHELLE BAKER [email protected]A bbotsford Police are warning that a poten- tially lethal form of heroin may be causing a dramatic spike in overdoses just days after it was revealed that TV’s Glee star Cory Mon- teith died from a toxic mix of the street drug and alcohol in Vancouver. The APD has record- ed at least a 39 per cent jump in the number of overdoses in the com- munity since mid- May, said Const. Ian Mac- Donald. There have been a total of seven overdoses, one of them fatal, and police suspect the incidents may be linked to the presence of fentanyl in the street drug, he said. Another man nearly lost his life after a drug overdose took place early Wednesday morning, according to the Abbotsford’s Warm Zone. Michele Giordano, co- ordinator at the drop-in centre that serves Abbots- ford’s street- entrenched women, said a woman came running up the stairs from the alley, shouting for someone to call 911. “The guy had dropped and was con- vulsing and foaming from the mouth,” said Giordano. His friends and Warm Zone employees stayed by his side as he dropped in and out of consciousness until the ambulance came, she said. The incident highlights warnings the Warm Zone has also been making to its cli- ents about risky heroin since June. At the end of May, the Provincial Health Officer issued a warning about a rash of overdoses associated heroin with fentanyl. The B.C. Coroners Service found there have been 23 deaths related to fentanyl in the first four months of 2013, up from 20 deaths related to the drug in all of 2012. The drug is dangerous, as it presents a much higher risk of overdose, but people buying it on the street might think they are taking hero- in or oxycodone, as it may come in similar packaging, warned the health officer. Although toxicology results are still outstanding, the APD suspects the rise in overdos- es they’ve noted are linked to fentanyl. The Warm Zone has also noted a rise in overdoses, even among long-time drug users, said Giordano. “We’re warning people using heroin to use a little at a time, less than a normal dose, and never alone,” she said. “Fentanyl is (more than) potent. It’s lethal, it’s toxic.” Lethal smack on the street – ROCHELLE BAKER/TIMES A drug overdose occurred Wednesday, said Michele Giordano of the Warm Zone, above. The centre and APD are seeing a spike in overdoses and are warning a lethal form of heroin may be on the streets. 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Mairi at MissionFolk Music Fest21
T H U R S D A Y
INSIDE: Ladies to tackle Mission mountains on bikes Pg. 20
July 18, 2013
N E W S , S P O R T S , W E A T H E R & E N T E R T A I N M E N T
to put purses or bags intotrunks while attending cityparks, after a rash of theftsthat started along with thewarm weather.
There have been 11 theftsfrom cars at a number ofparks recently, as the num-ber of people attendingthe recreational areas hasspiked with the start of sum-mer weather, said Const. IanMacDonald.
The thieves appear to betargeting purses or bags in
trunks, taking the victims’ IDand credit cards, then quick-ly making lots of purchases,said MacDonald.
The areas hit by the theftsinclude Albert Dyck, Will-band Creek, Bateman Park,Ma t s q u i Tra i l Re g i o n a lPark, Mill Lake and Ellwoodparks.
Most of the parks hit fea-ture trails or paths wherepeople tend to park theircars and be gone for some
time, said MacDonald.“The thieves know that
you’re out for a walk for therequisite 40 minutes, andthey take advantage of thattime,” he said.
“It looks like there are sev-eral individuals involved . . .as these thefts end up beingquite lucrative, especiallyif they end up with a creditcard.”
Residents heading into apark shouldn’t leave valu-
ables in the car, even in alocked trunk, said MacDon-ald, adding thieves likely tar-get vehicles where they sawowners put possessions intothe trunk.
“It’s better to bring some-t h i n g p o r t a b l e, s u c h asmaller wallet or the bareminimum, such as a creditcard and driver’s licence, andbring it with you, if you areheaded into the park,” hesaid.
MacDonald also remindedpeople to close the windowsof their vehicles despite thehot weather, to better pre-vent thefts.
– PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ROCHELLE BAKER
Police are warning people not to leave purses unattended invehicles after a rash of thefts in city parks.
Heat sparks crime wave at Abbotsford parksSuspects targeting pursesand bags locked in trunks
Abbotsford Police arewarning that a poten-tially lethal form of
heroin may be causing adramatic spike in overdosesjust days after it was revealedthat TV’s Glee star Cory Mon-teith died from a toxic mixof the streetd r u g a n dalcohol inVancouver.
The APDhas record-ed at least a39 per centjump in thenumber ofoverdosesin the com-m u n i t ysince mid-May, said Const. Ian Mac-Donald.
There have been a total ofseven overdoses, one of themfatal, and police suspect the
incidents may be linked tothe presence of fentanyl inthe street drug, he said.
Another man nearly losthis life after a drug overdosetook place early Wednesdaymorning, according to theAbbotsford’s Warm Zone.
Michele Giordano, co-ordinator at the drop-in
c e n t r e t h a tserves Abbots-ford’s street-e n t r e n c h e dwomen, said awoman camerunning up thestairs from thealley, shoutingfor someone tocall 911.
“ T h e g u yhad droppedand was con-
vulsing and foaming fromthe mouth,” said Giordano.
His friends and Warm Zoneemployees stayed by his sideas he dropped in and out
of consciousness until theambulance came, she said.
The incident highlights
warnings the Warm Zone hasalso been making to its cli-ents about risky heroin since
June. At the end of May, theProvincial Health Officerissued a warning about a
rash of overdoses associatedheroin with fentanyl.
The B.C. Coroners Servicefound there have been 23deaths related to fentanyl inthe first four months of 2013,up from 20 deaths related tothe drug in all of 2012.
The drug is dangerous, asit presents a much higherrisk of overdose, but peoplebuying it on the street mightthink they are taking hero-in or oxycodone, as it maycome in similar packaging,warned the health officer.
Although toxicology resultsare still outstanding, the APDsuspects the rise in overdos-es they’ve noted are linked tofentanyl.
The Warm Zone has alsonoted a rise in overdoses,even among long-time drugusers, said Giordano.
“We’re warning peopleusing heroin to use a littleat a time, less than a normaldose, and never alone,” shesaid.
“Fentanyl is (more than)potent. It’s lethal, it’s toxic.”
Lethal smack on the street
– ROCHELLE BAKER/TIMES
A drug overdose occurred Wednesday, said Michele Giordano of the Warm Zone, above. The centre andAPD are seeing a spike in overdoses and are warning a lethal form of heroin may be on the streets.
Deadly form of heroinleads to spike in drug ODs
“We’re warning peopleusing heroin to use alittle at a time, less thana normal dose, and neveralone.... It’s lethal, it’stoxic.”
– Michele Giordano
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Although the APD hasn’tgotten conclusive test resultsback, the potential healthrisks are serious enoughthat police couldn’t waitbefore issuing the warning,said MacDonald.
Giordano stressed thatWednesday’s overdose illus-trated the need for harmreduction services in thecommunity.
“If the Warm Zone wasn’there, his friends wouldn’thave had anywhere to gethelp,” she said.
“He’s addicted but he sur-vived and now maybe in thefuture he can get clean.”
Barb McLintock, spokes-woman with the B.C. Coro-ners Service, said the agencyis aware of the dangers asso-ciated with fentanyl andlooking into what is behindthe rise of overdoses inAbbotsford, and across theLower Mainland in general.
To date, the Coroners Ser-vice has now recorded 30deaths related to fentanyl,said McLintock.
However, she said Mon-teith’s heroin overdose wasnot linked to the presenceof the drug in heroin.
Those handling il l icitdrugs should also use cau-tion, as fentanyl can beabsorbed through mucousm e m b r a n e s a n d c a u s esevere adverse reactions anddeath, according to healthofficials.
The health officer alsonoted in its warning thatduring a 2006 fentanyl epi-demic in Chicago, 342 diedfrom the drug.
It was originally an opioidused to manage severe painin cancer patients.
Fentanyl has been seizedin recent busts by the Van-couver and Kelowna policedepartments.
Police in those commu-nities also warned peoplestreet heroin might be lacedwith the drug or being sub-stituted with it.
The jump in overdoses inAbbotsford and Monteith’sdeath underscores the everpresent dangers of usingstreet drugs, said MacDon-ald.
“It’s more pertinent thanever for all heroin or allstreet drug users to takecare,” he said.
“There are lessons to belearned from every over-dose. You don’t ever knowwhat you are ingest ingor consuming with streetdrugs.”
There are few people, with theexception of someone like Mick-ey Rooney perhaps, who can
claim to have had a career that spans90 years.
However, such an allowance can bemade for affable Abbotsford cartoonistErnie Poignant.
Now 94, he clearly remembers sittingon his Swedish grandmother’s lap atthe age of four. She drew him a stickman, then asked him to draw one, too.He did, and made an improvementon it.
“I thought it needed another linehere,” he said with a chuckle, pointingto the drawing he still has.
Since then, he has sketched funnystories or ideas he gets from his ownexperiences growing up, from the his-tory of Abbotsford and the country andcurrent affairs.
One sketch, for example, shows Ernieas a small boy in the yard at his family’schicken farm in Ridgedale, tethered tothe clothesline post while his mom ishanging clothes.
“That was before we had playpens.That’s what was done to keep an eyeon the children,” he said.
Over nine decades, Ernie must havecreated tens of thousands of panelsthat reflect on life from his own uniqueperspective.
Later this month, he will re-releasea collection of some of his favourites,called Poignant Moments.
“All the cartoons tell a story,” saidErnie, whose observant mind remainsas sharp as his sketch pen.
Ernie will donate all the proceedsfrom the sale of the 92-page collectionto the Canucks Place Children’s Hos-
pice in Abbotsford.He admits that some of the cartoons
referencing the old days, before cellphones and computer, even televi-sion, may go over the heads of youngerpeople today.
“I say, if you don’t understand thecartoon, ask some one over 80,” hechuckled.
As a boy growing up on his family’schicken farm in the hamlet of Ridge-dale on Matsqui Prairie, cartooningwas a hobby for Ernie, a respite fromdoing farm chores.
In those days, it was a fad amonggirls to collect names or a clever versein autograph books, he said, “but I’dalways put in a funny cartoon.”
His sketches chronicled life duringthe Great Depression, then during thewar years: the efforts at home, the boyswho went off to war and the enemiesthey faced abroad. Several of his single-panel cartoons appeared in militarypublications. Other work appeared inCanadian Poultry in 1940 and in Swed-ish newspapers in Vancouver in 1947.
Later, as a paste-up man in the Cari-boo Observer in Quesnel and at theMaple Ridge Gazette, Ernie was alsothe editorial cartoonist.
After he retired from the newspaperbusiness, Ernie continued to use histalents to bring smiles to thousands ofchildren, grown-up and seniors.
As a chalk-talk artist, he made sketch-es for kids at Burnaby Village, at theB.C. Children’s Hospital, Canuck Place,even as a McDoodler for the famousrestaurant chain for about 10 years,after he was ‘discovered’ doing his art at
Canada Place in the early 1990s.Working with the seniors – and
especially with the children – made anindelible mark on Ernie.
“You meet so many different kids,and people. I got so many cards andletters,” he said.
He recalled a particularly heart-wrenching note from the mother ofa young boy he met at the Children’sHospital, who thanked him for putting“the last smile on Billy’s face.”
You may have also seen Ernie at thePNE, Expo ’86, the Vancouver FolkMusic Festival, or at Whistler.
Vancouver Sun editorial cartoonistGraham Harrop, who contributed afew words to Ernie’s new book, callingthe elder satirist and his work “one ofa kind.”
When they met years ago in Vancou-ver, Ernie gave Harrop an earlier bookof his cartoons.
“I love Ernie’s work. It’s so gentle, andit’s ironically poignant, it absolutelyis,” he said.
“It keeps the history alive that he hasillustrated, and keeps a connectionbetween the past and the present.”
Even today, Ernie is scribbling away,sometimes at a seniors’ home, or for avisiting reporter.
He hopes he may have the chanceto draw for the children at the newCanuck Place.
“It’s very gratifying. I’m so thankfulI’m able to observe and remember afew things from the past.”
Poignant Moments will be releasedon August 1. Watch the Times fordetails.
Ninety years of cartoon creations
– CHRISTINA TOTH/TIMES
Abbotsford’s cartoonist Ernie Poignant is still sketching cartoons, something he’s done for 90 years. He’ll be releasing a collec-tion called Poignant Moments this summer, with all proceeds to go to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice in Abbotsford.
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Senior deemed legallyresponsible for strikingchild in unmarked crosswalkROCHELLE BAKER
Abbotsford Times
An Abbotsford woman was found liablefor striking a young girl with her vehi-cle despite arguing the victim’s mother
had neglected to teach her daughter how tocross the road safely.
Elly Heuchert, age 75 at the time of thecrash, was deemed fully responsible in B.C.Supreme Court on Friday for a 2006 accidentinvolving a 10-year-old girl.
Kyla Taggart was struck by Heuchert’s Mer-cedes SUV on Gladwin Road while crossingthe street with two friends in an unmarkedcrosswalk after leaving Centennial ParkElementary on Sept. 26, 2006.
Defending herself in a civil suit filed bythe victim’s family, Heuchert argued Kyla’smother, Christina Taggart, who was presentin the nearby parking lot of the school, hadfailed to teach her daughter to cross roadssafely.
The defendant also argued Kyla did nothave right of way and “jogged” into theintersection.
It was also alleged Kyla’s mother hadallowed her child to cross at the unmarkedcrosswalk rather than the controlled cross-walk further down the street.
Additionally, Taggart had failed to ade-quately supervise her child’s crossing andto ensure the girl waited for traffic to stop ineach and every lane before proceeding intothe crosswalk.
However, court heard that Heuchert, driv-ing south in a centre lane, failed to noticeother vehicles headed in both directionsalong Gladwin had stopped in the curb lanesbefore the crosswalk.
Justice Neill Brown determined Heuchertdid not have right of way and should havebeen cognizant that she was in a school zonewith children, which requires drivers to takeextra care.
The unmarked crosswalk in question wasfrequently used by both the school com-munity and children both accompanied andunaccompanied by adults, said Brown.
“I find the defendant was focused on whatwas occurring directly in front of her at theexpense of what was occurring on her right,”said Brown.
As such, Heuchert didn’t slow enough orstop to assure herself no pedestrians werecrossing in front of the vehicles stoppedbeside her, he added.
Kyla may not have seen Heuchert’sapproaching SUV around the vehiclesstopped by the curb.
However, she was “entitled” to expecttraffic in the centre lane would stop aftershe stepped out in the cars that had alreadystopped next to the sidewalk, said Brown.
Taggart had also warned her daughter, wholearned road safety from her parents and inschool, not to run out into the intersectionjust moments before the accident, Brownnoted.
“Ms. Taggart’s actions met the standardexpected of a reasonably prudent parent inthe community,” said Brown.
The judge acknowledged the emotionaltoll the accident had on Heuchert, sayinganyone can fall short of what’s expected ofthem at some point.
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An Abbotsford teen who pan-icked after taking street drugsand plunging into a pond was
rescued from drowning by a group ofresidents and police officers on Wednes-day afternoon.
Abbotsford Police officers respondedto reports of an injured teenager whohad fallen into a pond off Discovery Trailnear Wells Gray Avenue and McKinleyDrive at 3:15 p.m., said Const. Ian Mac-Donald.
The first two officers to get to thepark were met by a teenaged boy whoguided them to the pond.
The male and female officers arrivedto see the 17-year-old flailing about inthe water with a friend struggling topull him out of the pond, said Mac-Donald.
The two cops shed their gun beltsand equipment and ran down thesteep 30-foot embankment into the
water.A third officer arrived and jumped
into the pond while a man who hadbeen passing by while walking hisdog watched over the police gear andhelped from shore.
It took all three officers and theyoung man’s friend to get him out ofthe pond, said MacDonald.
“He’s struggling and panicking andnot relating to anyone around himor his rescuers. His mind was off inanother place,” said MacDonald.
With the help of the man on shore,the victim was pulled from the waterand briefly treated before being takento the hospital for non-life threateninginjuries.
Police believe the teen had con-sumed a combination of marijuanaand LSD before the incident, saidMacDonald. The situation could havebeen dire if not for the actions of thepeople on scene, he said.
“We can’t explain how he ended upin the water,” MacDonald said.
“But if it weren’t for that kid andthose three officers, he would havedrowned.”
The APD now wants to locate andidentify the teenage boy who guidedthe officers to the pond and the man inhis 30s who guarded the police equip-ment and helped pull in the victimfrom shore, said MacDonald.
“We want to thank them,” he said.“They were integral to the rescue and
time was of the essence. Those twoindividuals stepped up and we need torecognize them for doing that.”
Those individuals or anyone whoknows them are asked to contactAbbotsford Police at 604-859-5225.
Stoned teen rescued from drowningLSD, weed and
water a badcombination
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Vancouver Sun
The sentencing of five United Nationsgang associates who pleaded guilty
to conspiring to murder the AbbotsfordBacon brothers and their allies servesto denounce the “heinous” crime ofmurder for hire, a B.C. Supreme Courtjudge said Monday.
“Killing for hire is completely wicked,evil and low,” Justice Janice Dillon toldthe court as she delivered her reasonsfor sentencing to Yong Sung John Lee,Dilun Heng, Karwan Saed, Barzan Tilli-Choli and Ion Kroitoru to between 11and 14 years in prison each.
The five would-be killers pleadedguilty last week to taking part in a planto murder brothers Jonathan, Jarrodand Jamie Bacon, as well as their RedScorpion associates in a gang war in2008 and 2009.
The plot resulted in the death of Jona-than Barber, a car stereo installer whowas mistakenly shot while at the wheelof a Bacon brother’s Porsche Cayenne.
“The attitude was everyone was look-ing and ready to kill,” Dillon said aboutthe atmosphere at the time.
She noted that after months of escala-tion between the two gangs, a high-upUN gang member had hired hit menand offered between $5,000 and $40,000for the heads of rival members.
The co-conspirators all joined thehunt and demonstrated a willingness tokill their enemies on sight, she said.
“These facts are extremely disturbing,they demonstrate a ruthless disregardfor life, not only of rival gang membersbut of the public in general,” said Dil-lon.
She added the conduct of the offend-ers placed them “at the bottom of soci-ety, a danger to everyone who walks thestreets or drives a car.”
Each defendant has been sentencedin accordance with a joint agreement
between the Crown and the defence.Lee faces 11 years while Heng and
Saed have been sentenced to 12 each.Tilli-Choli was handed the longest
sentence at 14 years, and also faces adeportation order to his native Kurd-istan upon his release. Kroitoru wassentenced to 13 years.
But with more than eight years creditfor pretrial custody, the men will servebetween two years and eight monthsand five years and eight months inprison.
Dillon said that although Parliamenthas passed legislation to limit pretrialcustody credits, the men were arrestedbefore those changes were introducedon Feb. 22, 2010 and therefore theywould be credited double the timeserved awaiting trial.
Speaking outside court, Crown spokes-man Neil MacKenzie said the Crown wassatisfied with the sentences, which wereall at the upper range allowable for thecrime.
Conspiracy to commit murder carriesa maximum sentence of 18 years.
“These were the sentences the Crownwas seeking in the case,” he said.
He later added: “Clearly the courtfound that the circumstances were dis-turbing.”
An investigation into the UN gang isongoing.
UN gang members’ sentences reflect‘heinous’ crime, according to judge
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UN Gang members, sentenced Monday tobetween 11 and 14 years behind bars ina conspiracy to murder the AbbotsfordBacon brothers, were pushed by UN Gangleader Clay , third from right, (above) toconduct an all out manhunt for the RedScorpion leaders and their allies.
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The Abbotsford/Mission Timesis a division of LMP PublicationLimited Partnership.We’re published Tuesdays andThursdays from 30887Peardonville Rd., Abbotsford, B.C. Dogs are amazing creatures that have an
uncanny ability to provide insights intohuman behaviour – and human limitations.
Their deep and profound devotion to a“master” often mirrors our own penchantfor religiosity.
Physically, dogs and people have a lot incommon with each other and with most oth-er mammals – two eyes, two ears, a nose anda mouth, four limbs and the usual naughtybits.
But there are significant differences thatsome people – even those who have gottenup close and personal with our canine col-leagues – just can’t seem to comprehend.
Those differences can mean a lot, espe-cially when the weather turns hot, as it hasin the past little while.
One of the big differences is that somepeople are stupid – and their dogs can’t tellthe difference.
In some ways, dogs are like fanaticallyreligious human beings. Only, to them, weare the gods.
A dog whose religious devotion has beeneffectively nurtured, will blindly follow its“god” anywhere and into any conditions.
And dogs have a knack for appearing hap-py whenever they are in the presence of theirgod – no matter how foolish their god is.
That’s why you might see a dog sitting ona hot slab of pavement on a 30-degree day,sporting a huge grin, looking adoringly upat his god, with tongue lolling in apparentecstasy.
The dog doesn’t know that his god is stu-pid. Because his god doesn’t know that thedog is dying out there – literally.
One basic difference between us humanmammals and the canine variety is that wesweat better than they do. In fact, dogs sweatonly from their feet.
And when that tongue is hanging out as faras the dog can get it, the motivation is notjoy; it’s the only other way the dog has to dis-sipate the excruciating heat that is buildingup in its body from the sun beating its raysdown relentlessly, and the pavement radiat-ing heat up, equally relentlessly.
And while a bit of water now and againmight help ease a little of the dog’s discom-fort, it’s not enough.
Your dog is dying, idiot.If you don’t believe me, next time you are
possessed of the desire to submit your dog toconcrete and pavement on the hottest daysof the year, put on a heavy fur coat and walkyourself downtown for an hour or two.
A good and loving god knows that, some-times, your devoted follower is best leftbehind in the cool comfort of home.
There’s an American revo-lution going on in educa-tion. It will likely bring
about the biggest reform in theshortest time.
The American government ispushing against the longstand-ing practice of giving teachers ajob for life.
For decades, a teacher wouldstart on a temporary contractand then, after two or threeyears, graduate to a permanentone.
Once on permanent, teachersnever had to worry about theirjob, as long as they demon-strated the minimum level ofcompetency.
Since no one gets de-selectedfrom teaching, the person wassafe as long as they did notbreak criminal laws.
A hiring was a 35-year com-mitment. I recall school boardstelling me that no one getshired without walking throughyour office. Accountability forevery hiring was closely moni-tored.
A few years ago I visitedwith a principal in a San Diegoschool awarded as the topschool in the U.S. His responseto “how did this happen?” wasthat everyone at the school wason a one-year contract.
Everyone was motivated tokeep their skills sharp and togive their best every day.
Coasting for a decade or twocould happen elsewhere.
Job-for-life in education wasa non-issue in North Americaprior to 2009. Then the presi-dent got involved.
Now there is a sea of changein what’s happening with theteacher tenure laws. In 2011there were 18 state legislaturesthat addressed some compo-nent of teacher tenure andmany of them in a significantway, and that is enormous.
While tenure was once con-sidered nearly automatic, it hasnow become something teach-ers have to earn.
New York City, the larg-est school district in NorthAmerica, has drastically cut thenumber of teachers movingto tenure and this decision isincreasingly based on how theteachers’ students succeed intheir learning.
Idaho did away with tenureentirely by passing a law givingnewly hired teachers no expec-tation of a contract renewalfrom one year to the next. InFlorida, all newly hired teachersnow must earn an annual con-tract, with renewals based upontheir performance.
We generally believe thatteaching is the most importantprofession because it mouldsour nation’s future wellbe-ing. The job-for-life provisioncontradicted this lofty beliefbecause it did not hold teachersto the highest standard of per-
formance.One administrator put it best:
“We also want to keep pushingthem, just like we want them tokeep pushing our kids.”
Yes, we value education andwe expect teachers to push theirstudents toward excellence.Students should not experiencegreater accountability than theadults who serve them.
Unfortunately there is a high-er level of accountability on ourchildren than there is anywherein the public sector. Account-ability is the sign of respect!
Will a similar movement hap-pen in Canada? We are the onlycountry in the world without anational office for education.
I recall the day that I wascalled into a government officeand told that I had to yield tounion demands. That govern-ment believed re-election wasonly possible with teacher sup-port.
Provincial politicians are notstrong enough to side withstudents who cannot vote andwho do not contribute to politi-cal campaigns.
Having a critical mass ofprovinces act, as is now hap-pening in the U.S. where thepresident is leading the charge,is very unlikely.
Job-for-life is a bedrock issuefor the teachers’ unions, and willnot be tackled in this country.
■ Jim Dueck is a former Abbotsfordschool superintendent, former assis-tant deputy minister in Alberta’seducation ministry, an author anddedicated duffer.
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a.] Yes, they are physically and mentally harmful.b.] No, we should categorically support our farmers.c.] Let’s find a viable alternative before making any rashdecisions.
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Editor, the Times:The front page article
Blue-tiful bunches of berries,Times (July 11), does notmention that the harvestof the blueberries marksthe start of the sufferingof the nearby farmers andresidents due to propanecannons and other noiseintended to deter starlingsfrom eating berries.
The number of shots perhour can be phenomenal ifthere are several blueberryproperties adjacent in anarea. It is like living in ashooting range. Abuses ofthe ministry guidelines areconstant.
Under many circumstanc-es, these berries are beingproduced at the expenseof the mental and physicalhealth of people living nearthe farms that use propanecannons and noisemakers.
The constant barrage ofshots and noise causes greatdistress to many, not tomention the devaluation oftheir property due to buy-ers not wanting to live nearcannons.
Percentage estimatesof losses to birds by theblueberry industry have nofoundation, in fact with norelevant studies to supportthem.
So, if you are buying blue-berries, in order to respectthe health of others, buyfrom those who are notusing cannons. Please tellthem why you are buyingfrom them.
There are ethical growersout there and they shouldbe encouraged. Peopleare becoming more con-scious of ethical methodsof production in productslike clothes, coffee, choco-late, tuna, pork and eggs.Right in your backyard ofAbbotsford, there is produc-tion of blueberries goingon that is disrespectful andirresponsible toward humanhealth, and it is claimed tobe a “normal” farm practice.
Buy blueberries that areproduced ethically.
Geraldine GoodmanAbbotsford
Transitionaryhousing worksEditor, the Times:
Open letter to Abbotsfordmayor and council:
I write in response tothe exciting news thatAbbotsford is considering anew low-barrier transition-ary housing project in thedowntown core.
Thank you for taking thisgreat step forward.
As a property owner indowntown Abbotsford, Ibelieve this is an essentialservice lacking in our com-munity. While homelessshelters and stop-gap mea-sures offered by the Salva-tion Army and the foodbank are critical in meeting
needs of the working poorand temporary home-less, this “housing first”approach to the chronicallyhomeless population hasproven in recent years tobe the very best and mosteffective approach, not onlyacross large, medium andsmall Canadian cities butalso in the U.S. and the U.K.
I am disheartened to readclaims by project opponentswho say it will increase pan-handling, crime and otherills in the downtown core.
Quite the opposite is true:Similar projects in Win-nipeg, Moncton, Torontoand Vancouver have hadastounding success rateshelping those on the streetsaddress the underlyingissues behind homeless-ness, and have seen greatreductions in crime, opendrug use and property dam-age related to chronicallyhomeless populations.
Having completed amaster’s degree in urbanplanning, my views areinfluenced by reviewingsuccesses of past projects.
I encourage you to seeother housing first projectsfor yourself.
Listen to residents, toneighbouring businessesand police in those commu-nities. Please take advantageof proposed bus tours.
As elected representa-tives, it’s your responsibilityto make educated choicesand I believe you can notmake a decision withoutseeing working examples foryourself.
I would be happy to for-ward copies of academicstudies that outline the pos-itive and negative results ofsimilar projects in similarlysized cities across Canadaand hope your staff haveassembled comprehensivereports for you.
If you are unable to attendbus tours offered by ACS,I am willing to personallygive you a tour of projectswhere I have volunteered inVancouver.
Leifka VissersVancouver
Abortion iswrongEditor, the Times:
Like the boy who said,“The Emperor has noclothes,” I think we occa-sionally need a wake-up callregarding the obvious.
William Wilberforce cor-rectly pointed out thatslavery was inhumaneand wrong, but it still tookdecades before his viewswere adopted and slaverywas finally abolished.
The obvious moral issue
of our day is abortion.There are many humane
ways to deal with unwantedpregnancies such as adop-tion, orphanages, and mor-ally correct sex educationthat teaches chastity beforemarriage.
However our humanisticsociety must have the ‘right’to indulge in irresponsiblesexual pleasures and let anyunplanned baby pay thesupreme price.
The church should havebeen vocal and united indemanding justice for theunborn after the SupremeCourt struck down Canada’sabortion law as unconstitu-tional in 1988.
Since then some 2.5 mil-lion abortions have takenplace. Only a selfish societydevoid of conscience wouldallow such injustice to go onfor so long.
Hopefully millions morewon’t have to die beforeCanada comes to its collec-tive senses and embraceslogical and compassionatealternatives.
Miff CrommelinMission
Who’s callingthe shots?Editor, the Times:
Some council observershave often speculated onwho is calling the shots at[Abbotsford] city hall: staffor elected councilors?
The departure of a num-ber of senior staff withoutany explanation has led tospeculation as to the rootcause(s).
According to a residentwho complained about abylaw infraction, the mayordid not know that the man-ager of bylaw enforcementhad been among those whohad departed.
Whose toes did the fivestep on – the city manager’sor council’s?
Now that there has beena significant shift in playersat city hall, will Mayor BruceBanman finally deliver onhis election promises oftransparency and account-ability?
What type of city managerdoes Abbotsford now have– one who is a “take charge”type of manager who doesnot have much time forthe democratically electedcouncil or public input?
Or is he one who will helpMayor Banman deliver onhis election promises?
I guess time will tellbetween now and theNovember 2014 municipalelections.
Lynn PerrinAbbotsford
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Abbotsford Police aresearching for a mancaught on surveillance
videotape suspected of beinginvolved with a break andenter into an elderly man’shome on Monday.
A n 8 5 - y e a r - o l d m a nreturned home at 10:45 a.m.to find the side door to hishome had been kicked in,said Const. Ian MacDonald.
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with a computer. A femaleemployee reported deal-ing with a customer, about30 minutes prior, who hadasked for help to override hiscomputer’s password.
The clerk checked thestore’s database and discov-ered the man with the com-puter was not the personwho had previously boughtthe device.
The suspect left with the
computer before policearrived but his photo wascaught on the store’s surveil-lance video.
Investigators have deter-mined the suspect with thestolen computer caught oncamera is not the same per-son listed on the inmate idcard.
It’s not clear how or whythe card was at the crimescene but there are a couple
of possibilities, said Mac-Donald.
“Either the suspect victim-ized the person with the cardor intentionally dropped it atthe crime scene to implicatesomeone else,” he said.
“Or the two [suspects] wereworking in tandem and theguy dropped it himself.”
Anyone with informationabout the theft or man in thesurveillance photo shouldcontact the Abbotsford PoliceDepartment at 604-859-5225or text 222973 (abbypd) orcall Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Suspect’s image caught on computerstore surveillance video later in the day
Habitat for Humanity ‘houseboats’ take over Walmsley Lake
KATHY BURCHILL/ FOR THE TIMES
Upper Fraser Valley affiliate for Habitat for Humanity held its first annual raft race fundraiser at Walmsley Lake (Albert Dyck Park)in Abbotsford on July 14. Above, the JR Innovations crew paddling their sinking craft across the water valiantly. Upper right, theFriesen Freezin’ Hut, and lower right, the Blackwood Building Centre “outhouseboat at the finish line.
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The Habitat Hurry-Up Raft Race wasnot what the beach enthusiasts at
Abbotsford’s Albert Dyck Park expectedto see on July 14.
Usually a venue for waterskiing andwakeboarding, the lake went decid-edly low-tech for the first annual raftingevent engineered by Upper Fraser Valleyaffiliate for Habitat for Humanity.
On rafts provided by Habitat, fourteams constructed and paddled their
tiny shelters across Walmsley Lake.A black outhouse paddled by Black-
wood Building Centre of Abbotsfordreceived the third prize gift certificateto ABC Restaurant.
The Friesen family igloo, completewith polar bear mascots and a Labra-doodle (that’s a dog), earned a gift cer-tificate from Newlands Golf & CountryClub.
The local chapter of the Council ofCanadians, with their conveniently
collapsible teepee on a raft, won thetrophy and first prize of a SandpiperGolf package.
JR Innovations won the admiration ofthe crowd for persevering to the finishline despite catastrophic flooding of itsminiature dwelling.
The event promoted awareness andsupport for the Abbotsford chapter ofHabitat for Humanity, an internationalcharity that builds affordable homes forlocal families.
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Above, Abbotsford resident Nachhattar (Norm) Sangha ispresented with the Diamond Jubilee Medal and certificate byImmigration Minister Jason Kenney in recognition of Sangha’scontributions to the community and the country. Sangha is apast president of the Khalsa Diwan Society and was instrumen-tal in securing national historic site designation for the Gur SikhTemple on South Fraser Way in Abbotsford; he was on the fund-raising committee for the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies atthe University of the Fraser Valley, and worked to establish theFraser River Community Crematorium Society. The AbbotsfordCrematorium, 10 years in the making, will open next month.
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cheeses and yummy baked goodsfrom local farms and kitchens.
Since it was launched in 1994in the parking lot on West Rail-way Street, the Abbotsford Farm &
Country Market has been a BritishColumbia success story.
“We had 50 vendors. It was themost successful launch of a farmmarket in B.C.,” said Donna Dixon,
who helped get the market started.The kernel of the idea came from
Stacey Corriveau, who did a studyat South Fraser Community Futuresthat found a farm market would be
feasible.With the funding from SFCF, Tour-
ism Abbotsford and the AbbotsfordDowntown Business Association,the market got its start. Having thatfinancial and moral support hashelped the Abbotsford market suc-ceed, whereas some other com-pletely volunteer-run markets mayhave had struggles, said Dixon.
While the initial number of ven-dors fell off as the concept was stillnew, the market has grown steadilythrough 10 seasons.
The Saturday markets boast 35vendors on average, sometimesas many as 50 late in the summer,and up to 1,300 visitors, said marketmanager Bruce Fatkin.
“And our sense is that it’s growing.We had a very strong start this year,”he added.
Vendors’ figures show there isnow about $250,000 in sales at themarket each summer, which couldmultiply to as much as $1 millionout in the community, dependingon which economic model you fol-low, he said.
The open air farm market has anappeal for those who want a con-nection to farmers. That was backedup in two recent surveys conductedby the AFCM, said Fatkin.
“[Fresh local food] is an expec-tation now. People want to knowwhere their food comes from. Theytake advantage of talking directlywith those who grow their food,”he said.
Market celebrates its 10th year downtownAbbotsford Farm and Country Market a natural drawfor community to downtown core every weekend
– TERRY FARRELL/TIMES
Robert MacDonald of Big Mac’s Gourmet specialties (right) serves up a sample at the Abbotsford Farm and Country Market last Saturday. The market will becelebrating its anniversary on Saturday, June 20. Big Mac’s, which sells hot pepper jams, jellies and sauces, is one of the original venders at the market. see MARKET, page A17
It’s our partyand we’ll cry ifwe want to.
For every $10 you spend at theAbbotsford Farm & Country Marketfrom July 20 – October 12, 2013you will receive an entry form to
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Celebrate and Win!It’s our 10th birthday butwe’re giving away the gifts.
Saturdays, 9am – 1pmMontrose Avenue at George Ferguson Way
Wednesdays, 4pm – 7pm until September 25Thunderbird Plaza behind Abbotsford City Hall
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Fatkin said about 80 percent of the products at themarket are farmed withinhalf an hour of downtown.The exceptions, such as thebeef, are from further afieldbut still in the province.
Longtime vendor RobertMacDonald, better knownas Mac, who sells an arrayof hot sauces, mustards andchutneys under his label, Big
Mac’s Gourmet Specialities,said the experience has beenfruitful.
“The vendors are like afamily. It’s fun to be a partof, it’s just become a part ofme,” he said.
Over his nine years at themarket, he estimates his saleshave increased 20 per centa year.
A smaller version of theAbbotsford market also runsWednesdays, 4 – 7 p.m. at
the Thunderbird MemorialSquare behind city hall.
The market has an anniver-sary celebration this Satur-day, with extra vendors andentertainment. Organizerswill also launch a loyalty pro-gram – every $10 you spend ata vendor will get you a ballotfor a draw on Oct. 19 for bigbasket of products from thevendors. Find vendors detailsat www.abbotsfordfarmand-countrymarket.com
– TERRY FARRELL/TIMES
Above, Larry Brandson of Wyndson Farm. Larry and his wife, Karen, have had a booth at the mar-ket ever since its inception. Right, eight-year-old Maya Kolodziej dances to the music of Eacho-ther, a duo that has been supplying musical entertainment at the market for the past five years.
www.southfraser.comCall Lorne Owen at 604-864-55770
A18 THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013 THE TIMES
ANGELIKA DAWSON
Submitted to The Times
The Abbotsford MCCClothing Etc. ThriftShop turns 40 on Fri-
day, and will celebrate fourdecades of helping people inneed around the world andwithin the community.
Lily Bergen, the currentmanager of shop, says it isthe deep sense of commit-ment among staff and vol-unteers of the MennoniteCentral Committee that hasenabled the shop to grow towhere it is now. It is some-thing that she feels person-ally as well.
“I feel blessed and privi-leged to be part of MCC’slong-standing reputation ofhelping communities aroundthe world and to be able towork with wonderful volun-teers,” she says.
In the 1940s, used cloth-ing was gathered at the MCCMaterial Resource Centre(then located in Yarrow,B.C.) and sent to people inneed, in war-torn Europe. Asthat need diminished, MCCturned its attention to devel-oping countries but foundthat the typically warm cloth-ing donated by Canadianswas not useful to people inwarmer climates.
The idea was presentedto sell the used clothing and
use the funds to provide whatwas truly needed overseas.
The women’s auxiliary wasencouraged to open a thriftshop for this purpose. TheMCC Thrift Shop opened onJuly 19, 1973 in the old Clear-brook Post office.
The original store quicklyoutgrew its space and relo-cated in Cedar Park Mall in1976, then to an even largerlocation in the mall 10 yearslater.
The shop expanded itsinventory as well, includ-ing small appliances andhousewares to the clothingand shoes already being sold.Soon it was clear that a stilllarger space was needed.
The MCC Plaza opened in1989. The MCC thrift net-work in B.C. has expanded toinclude 10 thrift shops acrossthe province, sustained by999 volunteers as well as paidstaff.
These shops brought in $1.5million last year to supportMCC’s relief, developmentand peace work around theworld. The shops also sup-port people in need in theirown communities, workingwith support agencies to pro-vide clothing and householditems as needed.
For more informationabout MCC’s Thrift Shops,visit bc.mcc.org/getinvolved/thriftshops
Lordy, lordy,look who’s 40
– SUBMITTED TO THE TIMES
The Abbotsford Mennonite Central Committee Clothing Etc.Thrift Shop will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Friday.
Up, Up and AwayJuly 19, fantastic songs andstories at Mission Library,33247 Second Ave., from10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Fun forthe whole family. Call 604-826- 826-6610.
Science works at librariesJuly 19 explore what makesthings go Up, Up and Away!at Abbotsford CommunityLibrary 33355 Bevan Ave.,604-853-1753, 11 – 11:45a.m. Also July 23, 2 – 2:45p.m., Clearbrook library,32320 George Ferguson Way,604-859-7814, ext. 229.
Parks Day with heronsJuly 20 is Canada Parks Dayand the Great Blue HeronNature Reserve in Yarrow
has free family events allday. See www.chilliwack-blueheron.com or call 604-823-6603.
SAINTS saleJuly 20, yard sale for SAINTSanimal shelter, from 8:30a.m. – 3 p.m. at 7331 Wren
St. , Miss ion. See www.saintsrescue.ca.
Off-road party at parkJuly 20, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.,Coastal Cruisers and FourWheel Drive Association ofBC presents Cruiser Days atFraser River Heritage Park.
To list an event hosted or sponsored by a non-prof-it group in Abbotsford or Mission, upload it direct-ly to our website: abbotsfordtimes.com, or send ane-mail with a succinct, 75-word description of theevent including day, date, time and address [email protected], or drop off at 30887Peardonville Rd, Abbotsford.
Community eventsAll 4x4s welcome, raffle,prizes, trail run and camp-ing after show. Call Rob at604-309-5233.
Goat’s Pride open houseJuly 20, Goat’s Pride Dairyhas its annual open housenoon to 4 p.m., with gour-met cheese, ice cream, sto-ries, goat cart rides, goatmilking demos, egg hatch-ing, salmon in McLennanCreek, and more. At 30854Olund Rd., Abbotsford. Call604-854-6261.
Straiton Hall partyJuly 20, from 2 – 4 p.m. isthe annual free HeritageDay Tea at Straiton Hall,698 Sumas Mountain Rd.,Abbotsford. History displays,
pioneer tools and toys, teaand scones and more. From9 a.m. to 4 p.m. a boot salein the parking lot will haveantiques, household goods.Call Lynn at 604-852-4278.
Learn to rowJuly 22, 23 the Fraser ValleyRowing Club holds a learnto row orientation from5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at 40110Quadling Rd., Abbotsford.See more at www.fraserval-leyrowing.com.
BPW lunchJuly 24, Tim Cooper speakson climate change at theBusiness and ProfessionalWomen’s Club of Mission’sannual Picnic at the Parkfrom 11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m.,
Fraser River Heritage Park.Register by July 22 at [email protected], or onFacebook.com/BPWMission
Horseshoe clubWednesdays from 6 p.m. todusk, the Abbotsford Horse-shoe Club invites newcomersto learn to pitch horseshoes,next to Trethewey House,2313 Ware St., Abbotsford.Call Darryl at 604-864-0622.
Off-road party at parkJuly 20, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.,Coastal Cruisers and FourWheel Drive Association ofBC has Cruiser Days at FraserRiver Heritage Park. All 4x4swelcome, raffle, prizes, trailrun and camping after show.Call Rob at 604-309-5233.
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K im Smith, one of Mission’s Olympians,was presented with a Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee Medal at city hallby Mayor Ted Adlem andthe council on Mondaynight.
She grew up in Missionand attended HeritagePark Secondary schoolbefore going to the Uni-versity of Utah and playingfor its women’s basketballteam there.
She was the first female to have her jersey
number retired (No. 4) by the University ofUtah.
Smith, now 29, is a 10-year veteran of theCanadian senior women’s national team.
Smith, a 6’ 1” guard, was on Team Canadaat the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to helpCanada reach the quarter-finals for the firsttime in the basketball program’s history,finishing eighth.
She did plan to retire after the Olympicsbut has signed up again with the nationalteam, which aims to qualify this summerfor the 2014 world championships.
Ladies of the mountain, from left, Heather Davis-Fischer, Karla Stowards, Kelly Jones, Claire Petherick and Crystal Lambert are hopingother women will fall in love with the sport at their ‘That’s What She Said’ mountain biking event for women on July 20 in Mission.
G irls just wanna havefun. And what betterway to do that than
flying down steep rocky ter-rain on a mountain bike.
T h a t’s W h a t Sh e Sa i d( T W S S ) i sthe name ofthe women’sonly moun-t a i n b i k eevent com-ing July 20 toBear and Redmountains inMission.
“It’s a reallygood way for women whomay be interested in gettinginto the sport to try it,” saidKelly Jones, who’s been chal-lenging the mountain forabout six years.
Jones and a group of avidmountain biking buddiesbrainstormed TWSS and areinviting all women, fromcurious newcomers to wildwomen of the trails, to joinin and get their sass on.
“It’s basically getting abunch of women togetherand have a lot of fun ridingbikes,” added fellow-bikerCrystal Lambert.
The free event is opento women of all ages andabilities and will includea beginners’ clinic (wherenewcomers will be guidedthrough some basic skills in asupportive atmosphere), freeshuttles up the mountains,bike demos and a treasure
h u n t w i t hprizes.
There willalso be fab-ulous food,swag give-aways, andof course, anafter party.
“It’s tak-ing the race
pressure out of it and justmaking it a fun event,” add-ed Claire Petherick.
The highlight of the daywill be the 10-kilometrecross-country team trea-sure hunt with many physi-cal challenges, geared forintermediate to advancedriders.
It’s open to teams of tworiders.
All riders should bring theirbikes and gear and meet atOld Mill Pond, 10580 Dewd-ney Trunk Rd., Mission.
The event runs from 10a.m to 3 p.m.; treasure hunt
Ladies put their pedal power to the testGears, guts and girls:Women’s-only event takeson Mission mountains
“It’s a really good wayfor women who may beinterested in getting intothe sport to try it.”
– Kelly Jones
is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and freeshuttles are 1-3 p.m. wherer iders can access moreamazing trails sweat-free.
They are hoping for at least100 riders to come out, andwill cap the entries at 120.
“We’re all really stoked for
sure,” added Jones of theinaugural event.
F o r m o r e i n f o r m a -tion on the event, e-mail
[email protected] or visit the web-site at www.fvmba.com/thatswhatshesaid.
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The Abbotsford Heat andthe Abbotsford Heat
Foundation announced thedate for the 4th Annual HeatFoundation Golf Tourna-ment. The fundraising tour-ney will be held on MondaySept. 23 at Ledgeview GolfCourse. Registration fees are$225 per player, includinglunch and dinner.
Those who register beforeAug. 15 will receive a com-
plimentary mulligan packworth $25.
Last season, the AbbotsfordHe a t Fo u n d a t i o n G o l fTournament raised nearly$30,000. All proceeds fromthe tournament will go tosupport the Abbotsford HeatFoundation and its missionto improve the quality of lifefor the under-17 age groupsof the Fraser Valley.
The Foundation supportsgrassroots sport organiza-
tions, championing projectsthat improve health, educa-tion and fitness as well asadvocating and supportingprograms that repress riskrelated behaviour.
Register now for AbbotsfordHeat Foundation golf tourney
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The sweet and exotic strains ofmusic from around the globewill rise above Fraser River
Heritage Park next week, at the 26thannual Mission Folk Music Festival,July 26-28.
This music fest, creatively arrangedby artistic director Francis Edwards,will feature some of the brightest starsof the Celtic firmament.
They include, from Scotland, legend-ary Dick Gaughan and Mairi Campbell,Canada’s David Francey, and the Irishmusic of Liz Carroll, wielding one of thefiercest bows ever to singe the stringson a fiddle, and the stellar Irish groupComas.
Dick Gaughan is a Scot from Leith onthe southern shore of the Firth of Forth.Once you hear the man sing the songshe loves most, the Scottish ballads ofgreat antiquity – the Muckle Sangs– the spell is cast as you are drenchedin the voice and the strength of the oldballads.
The name Comas translates fromIrish Gaelic as ‘power,’ and describesthe driving power of the group, cou-pled with a fine sensitivity for theinner strands of magic inherent inIrish music. Hailed as one of Ireland’sbest traditional bands, Aidan Burke onfiddle, Isaac Alderson on flutes and Uil-lean Pipes, Philip Masure, guitar, andJackie Moran on percussion show whattraditional music is today.
At age 18 in 1975, Liz Carroll astound-ed the Irish music world by winningthe Senior All-Ireland Championship.She was the first of the Irish-Americanwave, Irish immigrant descendantswho returned to Ireland and to sweepthe All-Ireland awards, and she’s beenamazing the world since.
Mairi Campbell’s awards pretty muchtell her story: Tutor of theYear and ScotsSinger of the Year, Scots TraditionalMusic Award, and LiveIreland’s FemaleMusician of the Year and Compositionof the Year. Campbell is without a doubtone of Scotland’s most all-encompass-ing musicians. Canada’s David Francey
is a Scottish-born carpenter-turned-singer-songwriter hailed as “the likeliestcandidate for all-Canadian folk singer”simply because he embodies the quali-ties Canadians most admire in a trou-badour folk-poet: straightforward songsand honest stories of real people andplaces and a keen sense of humour.
The festival also offers roots andblues, with Vancouver’s Jim Byrnesand The Sojourners, Hans Theessink &Terry Evans, and the Crow Quill NightOwls.
Songwriting favourites are ElizaGilkyson, Mary Gauthier, and LynnMiles. The Piccola Band Ikona, Briga,and Zhambai offer flavours of worldmusic. From B.C., you’ll see Locarno,The Bills, Oliver Swain & Big Machine,and Viper Central.
Along with main stage show eachevening, there will be magic at thesmaller day stages where audiences
can enjoy more intimate performanceswith their favourite, and new favourite,artists.
Set in the idyllic Fraser River Heri-tage Park, the festival also featureson-site camping, a variety of vendors, alicensed bistro and great company.
Bring a low-rise chair or blanket, sun-screen and a sweater for evenings.
Supporters can also enjoy a pre-festi-val fundraising gala at the park on July25, show time at 7:30 p.m.
The park is at 7494 Mary Street, Mis-sion.
The festival also collaborates withThe Sabir Sisters School of Music tohost a camp for all music levels in theweek leading up to the festival.
For details on artists, schedules,music camp, camping and advancetickets, see www.missionfolkmusic-festival.ca or stop by Shopper’s Drugsin Mission.
A joyous sound at festivalCeltic stars, blueslegend convergeat Mission event
Be part of a worldwide movementfor human rights, get a sneak pre-
view of the folk festival and enjoy somespectacular fidding, at the Folk & Reelsconcert July 23, at the Clarke Founda-tion Theatre in Mission.
Abbotsford’s Sabir Sisters will head-line the pre-festival show featuringaward-winning musicians in town forthe Sabir Sisters Mission Folk FestivalCamp 2013, held the week leading upto the festival.
Partial proceeds will go to AmnestyInternational human rights work.
“We’re really pleased to team up with
AmnestyInternational,”saidRoxannaSabir.“We performed a concert for Amnesty
about a dozen years ago in Abbotsford,and thought that with so manyrenowned musicians on stage at onetime, we could once again contribute tothe protection of human rights.”
The celebration of roots, folk andCeltic music will showcase Irish fiddlerLiz Carroll, songwriter David Francey,Mairi Campbell, Boyd Benjamin, AdrianDolan Iain Fraser, Mark Sullivan, ChrisCoole, Mairi Rankin and others.
“There is a long history of musiciansand other artists supporting Amnesty
International, especially around ourwork to defend freedom of expression.We deeply appreciate the support ofThe Sabir Sisters in pulling togethersuch an impressive line-up of local andglobal talent, and bringing us into thepicture,” said Don Wright of AmnestyInternational.
Advance tickets are $20, seniors andchildren $15, at Shoppers Drug Mart,32530 Lougheed Hwy., Mission or atfolkandreels.eventbrite.ca. Tickets atthe door are $25 and $20. Doors openat 7 p.m. The Clarke is at 33700 PrentisSt., Mission.
Folk & Reels concert for Amnesty
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Jim Byrnes and The Sojourners will be among the performers at the Mission FolkMusic Festival, on next week from July 26 to 28 at Fraser River Heritage Park.
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Envision Twilight concertsJuly 19 Mission’s own countrystar Kenny Hess performs atFraser River Heritage Park at7 p.m. This is Full Cupboardnight, so bring a donationfor the food bank. On July 24it’s Mission Folk Music Festivalnight, with a preview of festi-val performers. No concert onJuly 26 due to the festival, butthe series resume July 31 withKoko Soul. Envision Twilightconcerts are free but dona-tions are welcome. Bring achair, blanket. Call 604-826-0277, or see heritagepark-mission.ca.
CIVL Radio galaJuly 19 at 7:30 p.m., CIVL101.7 FM, based at the Uni-versity of the Fraser Valley,holds a gala fundraising eventat The Reach Gallery andMuseum, with music by Ohno Yoko, You Say Party!, LittleWild, The New Atlas, CaseyAmbrose and the Parish ofLittle Clifton. Tickets $15, all
ages, semi-formal dress, cashbar. The Reach, 32388 Veter-ans Way, Abbotsford. Call thegallery at 604-864-8087, orsee civl.ca.
Rodda & the Other GuysJuly 20 from 6 – 8 p.m., Cour-teney Rodda & the Other Guys(Dave Rodda, Rob Herrett,Brent Friesen) jazz project per-form authentic pieces fromthe ‘40s to the ‘60s, at theKariton Gallery in Mill LakePark, as part of Envision con-cert in the park series. Seemore at abbotsfordartscoun-cil.com.
Sandy Bone & BreakdownJuly 20, James Thorhaugperforms at the DewdneyPub at 8:30 p.m. Then July21, Sandybone & The Break-down perform 4 p.m. Pub isat 8793 River Road S., fiveminutes east of Mission, offthe Lougheed Hwy. Ticketsare $10, call 604-826-4762 fordetails.
Rockin’ River Music FestAug. 15 – 17, at the MissionRaceway grounds, the Rockin’River Music Fest features coun-try stars from Brad Paisley, Big&Rich, Chris Young, EmersonDrive, Lisa Brokop, KristenKelly, Joe Nichols, Trooper,Kenny Hess, Brent Lee, MervTremblay, Topaz with Annika,Kylee Epp, AJ Woodworth,Gabby’s Girls and more. Kids12 and under with an adultare free. For camping, ticketdetails, see rockinriverfest.com
Dewdney Pub eveningsRoger Potter hosts acousticopen mike Thursday at 7:30p.m., karaoke on Wednesdayswith Whiskey Jack, who spinsthe music Fridays, and bluesjam Sundays from 3:30 – 7:30p.m., at the Dewdney Pub,8793 River Road S., off theLougheed Hwy. Call 604-826-4762 for more.
Merv Tremblay bandMerv Tremblay and friendsoffer country, rock and bluesSundays from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.at Captain’s Cabin pub, 33331Harbour Ave., Mission. Meatdraw to benefit the foodbank.
Singalong SongfestsSing along or listen to the A-Tones on Mondays, 1– 3 p.m.,at the Abbotsford SeniorsAssociation drop-in centre onCyril Street. Call Ed at 604-853-8624.
Folk music camp, concert.July 22-26 The Sabir Sistersand Mission Folk Music Fes-tival host a music and dancecamp led by David Francey,Liz Carroll, Mairi Campbell,Adrian Dolan, Iain Fraser andothers. Call 604-755-0398 orsee www.sabirsisters.com
Gigantour at AESCJuly 29, Gigantour heavymetal comes to AbbotsfordEntertainment & Sports Cen-tre, with Megadeath, BlackLabel Society, Device, Hellyeahand more. See abbotsfordcen-tre.ca for tickets, details.
The masks look like a simple project,but the expressions they contain and
the stories behind each of are complex,varied and painful.
On Thursday, The Reach Gallery andMuseum opened an exhibit of Masks: Hid-den and Revealed. It’s the third year thegallery has run the show, which displaysmasks created over several months by thewomen of The Warm Zone, a drop-in centrefor the city’s marginalized women. Mosthave addictions, and each have their epic
stories to tell.“Even vulnerable people can create art.
This exhibition is not a project – it’s anexpression,” said Linda Klippenstein a vol-unteer at the centre and the facilitator ofthe art work.
The women asked that visitors write downtheir impressions of the mask and leavethem at the gallery.
The exhibit will be at The Reach until July28. It is at 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford.See more at thereach.ca.
Masks reveal stories
– CHRISTINA TOTH/TIMES
Linda Klippenstein, left, and Janet Barrie, The Reach’s vice-chairwoman, discuss the maskscreated by the women of The Warm Zone, a local drop-in centre for marginalized women.
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The Abbotsford Arts Council announcesthe artwork of 15 local artists will be
showcased at the Kariton Art Gallery fromJuly 26 to Aug. 20, as part of the 2nd FraserValley Regional Biennale.
The Fraser Valley Regional Biennale isa collective art exhibition that celebratesand explores local and regional visual art-making.
The project was created in 2011 througha partnership between The Reach GalleryMuseum, Abbotsford Arts Council, MissionArts Council, Maple Ridge Art Gallery andthe Langley Arts Council to present a widerange of artwork created by both emergingand professional artists throughout theFraser Valley.
Several artists are also featured at TheReach (see thereach.ca for details).
The artists whose artwork will be featuredat the Kariton Art Gallery include:
Alex Stewart, Langley – painting/repro-duction
Anne O’Leary, Abbotsford – paintingChrissy Courtney, Abbotsford – mixed
The show will be exhibited at the KaritonArt Gallery, located in Mill Lake Park at 2387Ware St., Abbotsford.
The gallery’s hours are Tuesday to Fridayfrom noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday to Sun-day from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The artists will be present at an openingreception on July 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
For additional information, contact theAbbotsford Arts Council by phone at 604-852-9358, by email at [email protected], or visit our website atabbotsfordartscouncil.org.
Call for art for 2014The Abbotsford Arts Council is also
accepting art submissions in all mediumsin painting, drawing, photography, sculp-ture, woodcarving, pottery and more forexhibitions for 2014.
Individuals and groups based in the Fra-ser Valley region are invited to apply untilAug. 16.
The call is open to emerging to profes-sional artists.
The work will be exhibited at Kariton ArtGallery, an initiative of the Abbotsford ArtsCouncil, which features 10 exhibitions ayear that showcases the work of more than100 local artists.
Nearly 12,000 people visited the gallery atthe edge of Mill Lake in 2012, which also hasa boutique gift shop where the work of localartisans can be purchased year-round.
Applications are available online atabbotsfordartscouncil.org or at the gallery,2387 Ware St., Abbotsford.
Juried biennale artsshow at Kariton House
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Shari Jean Pratt’s Undisclosed is part of the Abbotsford Arts Council second annual Fraser ValleyRegional Biennale, which will feature 15 local juried artists at Kariton House, July 26 to Aug. 20
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Th e e v e n i n g m e e t -ing adjourned and Ireturned to the large
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The longer I searched, themore anxious I became. Ilonged to locate the car, butit was nowhere to be found.Perhaps someone had stolen it!
Then I awoke.Losing my car is a nightmare that I have
had with some regularity and the pattern andsense of uneasiness is always the same.
As a university student, I worked as a serverin a restaurant and would dream about bring-ing out the medium-rare steaks but noticing,with alarm, that I had neglected to order thewell-done steak for a customer at the sametable.
My brief tenure as a part-time radioannouncer – also while at university – prompt-ed me to have frequent nightmares of intro-ducing a song and finding that it wasn’t cued(this was old technology).
Many people, I’ve found, have similar anxi-eties that are manifest in recurring night-mares.
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Latent fears, I believe, cansometimes be associated withour inability to confront whowe are.
Our nature causes us to deny some expe-rience or decision, which reveals itself as apersistent dream, for example.
We can bring our fears and poor decisionsto God who wants to give us His peace. Godsays we can cast all our cares on Him becauseHe cares for us.
The Bible says: “For God so loved the world,that he gave his one and only son, that who-ever believes in him shall not perish but haveeternal life.” (John 3:16)
Christ, who was perfect, accepted death ona cross for you personally to take away yoursin-all the wrong things you have done. Callupon God through Christ today. Confess yoursins, surrender your life to Him and experi-ence His peace.
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■ Simon Gibson attends church in Abbotsfordand writes a monthly Faith Matters column forthe Abbotsford-Mission Times
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