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As the only rider from B.C., Lowe and his five Canadian comrades will join more than 300 British, American and European combat veterans on a ride across France and England. ey set out from the Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 27 and wind up in London on June 2. Along the way, they’ll pass through some of the most significant battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. e longest day will span 130 kms and he wants to be ready. Lowe, who started training in earnest last month, admits he’s not quite there yet. e first 40 kms might have given him sec- ond thoughts: two hungry-looking Rottweilers chased him through the streets of Abbotsford. Fortunately, his bike, a whisper-light Cervelo S2, is really fast. Lowe is looking for sponsors to help raise $4,000 – money that will cover his trip, but also go towards raising awareness and support for those who return home suffering from Op- erational Stress Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He’s being sponsored by Wounded War- riors, a non-profit organization that helps Ca- nadian Forces members and reservists who have been injured or wounded in their service, with a focus on mental health. Lowe, 26, served with the Princess Patri- cia’s Canadian Light Infantry’s 1st battalion in Afghanistan from Oct. 12, 2009 to April 18, 2010, a six-month tour. Despite returning to a loving family and a wide network of church colleagues and friends, Lowe was surprised to realize he suffered last- ing war wounds in the form of an Operational Stress Injury and was having difficulty coping. “I don’t think any soldier can come back and say they do not feel changed. I think, right away, people knew I was different.” Not all injuries are physical, yet they can be just as devastating if leſt untreated. He always wanted to become a soldier, growing up listening to the tales of his grand- father, a Second World War veteran and dam buster who helped destroy infrastructure in the fight against the Nazis. As a kid in his hometown of Cloverdale, Lowe played hockey and took Judo lessons, Admitting pot use may get you banned in U.S. By Jeff Nagel Pot-smoking B.C. residents are increasingly being banned from entering the U.S. as American border guards try to stem the flow of Canadian marijuana tourists in the wake of Washington State’s weed legalization vote late last year. Blaine lawyer Len Saunders said he’s seeing more cases of B.C. residents being permanently denied entry aſter trying to carry pot across the border, thinking it’s no longer an issue. Because marijuana is now legal to possess under state law, Canadians caught bringing less than an ounce across aren’t charged, as they were in the past. “I’m seeing no prosecutions – zero since November,” Saun- ders said. “But there’s more confusion.” What happens now, he said, is pot-packing Canucks have their stash confiscated and are then interrogated under oath about their drug-using habits. Admit that you’ve ever smoked or used marijuana in your life, he said, and you’re deemed inadmissable to the U.S. be- cause you’ve confessed to a crime of moral turpitude. “e key is to not admit that you’ve ever used it,” Saunders said, stressing he isn’t counselling anyone to lie under oath. He noted anyone could be questioned about past marijua- na use at the border, whether Customs and Border Protec- tion agents find pot on them or not. Past studies have found a majority of B.C. residents report using marijuana at least once. Saunders said he’s increasingly had calls from Canadians deemed inadmissable over pot use who say they can’t believe it happened to them and must now apply for a tough-to-ob- tain re-entry waiver also required for anyone with a criminal conviction who wants to return to the U.S. A pot dispensary is expected to open in Blaine, he said, Veteran John Lowe is cycling for awareness of Operational Stress Injuries Your Weekly Clover Valley Newspaper April 4, 2013 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405 See BORDER / Page 2 See COMPANY / Page 10 604 576-3189 Surrey ◆ Richmond ◆ Victoria ◆ Edmonton mytiletown.ca
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JENNIFER LANG PHOTORetired Cpl. John Lowe is bringing awareness to the plight of soldiers coping with Operational Stress Injuries and PTSD by riding through the battle� elds of Western Europe this spring.
By Jennifer LangIt’s a good thing retired Cpl. John Lowe is
used to training his butt o� , because he’s got less than two months to prepare for his up-coming mission – a 500-km bike ride over six days.
Lowe is also keeping a blog called Two Feet and a Heartbeat, where he’s chronicling his ef-forts to get in shape for the Big Battle� eld Bike Ride 2013.
As the only rider from B.C., Lowe and his � ve Canadian comrades will join more than 300 British, American and European combat veterans on a ride across France and England.
� ey set out from the Ei� el Tower in Paris on May 27 and wind up in London on June 2. Along the way, they’ll pass through some of the most signi� cant battle� elds of the First and Second World Wars.
� e longest day will span 130 kms and he wants to be ready. Lowe, who started training in earnest last month, admits he’s not quite there yet.
� e � rst 40 kms might have given him sec-ond thoughts: two hungry-looking Rottweilers chased him through the streets of Abbotsford. Fortunately, his bike, a whisper-light Cervelo S2, is really fast.
Lowe is looking for sponsors to help raise $4,000 – money that will cover his trip, but also go towards raising awareness and support
for those who return home su� ering from Op-erational Stress Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
He’s being sponsored by Wounded War-riors, a non-pro� t organization that helps Ca-nadian Forces members and reservists who have been injured or wounded in their service, with a focus on mental health.
Lowe, 26, served with the Princess Patri-cia’s Canadian Light Infantry’s 1st battalion in Afghanistan from Oct. 12, 2009 to April 18, 2010, a six-month tour.
Despite returning to a loving family and a wide network of church colleagues and friends, Lowe was surprised to realize he su� ered last-ing war wounds in the form of an Operational Stress Injury and was having di� culty coping.
“I don’t think any soldier can come back and say they do not feel changed. I think, right away, people knew I was di� erent.”
Not all injuries are physical, yet they can be just as devastating if le� untreated.
He always wanted to become a soldier, growing up listening to the tales of his grand-father, a Second World War veteran and dam buster who helped destroy infrastructure in the � ght against the Nazis.
As a kid in his hometown of Cloverdale, Lowe played hockey and took Judo lessons,
Admitting pot use may get you banned in U.S.By Je� NagelPot-smoking B.C. residents are increasingly being banned
from entering the U.S. as American border guards try to stem the � ow of Canadian marijuana tourists in the wake of Washington State’s weed legalization vote late last year.
Blaine lawyer Len Saunders said he’s seeing more cases of B.C. residents being permanently denied entry a� er trying to carry pot across the border, thinking it’s no longer an issue.
Because marijuana is now legal to possess under state law, Canadians caught bringing less than an ounce across aren’t charged, as they were in the past.
“I’m seeing no prosecutions – zero since November,” Saun-ders said. “But there’s more confusion.”
What happens now, he said, is pot-packing Canucks have their stash con� scated and are then interrogated under oath about their drug-using habits.
Admit that you’ve ever smoked or used marijuana in your life, he said, and you’re deemed inadmissable to the U.S. be-cause you’ve confessed to a crime of moral turpitude.
“� e key is to not admit that you’ve ever used it,” Saunders said, stressing he isn’t counselling anyone to lie under oath.
He noted anyone could be questioned about past marijua-
na use at the border, whether Customs and Border Protec-tion agents � nd pot on them or not.
Past studies have found a majority of B.C. residents report using marijuana at least once.
Saunders said he’s increasingly had calls from Canadians deemed inadmissable over pot use who say they can’t believe it happened to them and must now apply for a tough-to-ob-tain re-entry waiver also required for anyone with a criminal conviction who wants to return to the U.S.
A pot dispensary is expected to open in Blaine, he said,
Veteran John Lowe is cycling for awareness of Operational Stress Injuries
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but the licence hasn’t been granted yet.
“It’s legal to possess,” Saunders said. “So if you make it over the border you can buy it and you can use it.”
Saunders noted Wash-ington’s legalization of pot doen’t extend to use by minors age 18 or un-der.
And anyone who brings a “truckload” of pot over the border can still expect to be prosecuted under
U.S. federal law.Ironically, he said,
while an admission of marijuana use in the distant past can bar you from the U.S. for life, convicted drunk drivers face no such problem.
“If you have multiple DUIs you are admis-sable to the U.S.,” Saun-ders said. “A DUI is not a crime of moral turpitude because you didn’t have the intention to drive drunk. Because you were drunk.”
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BOAZ JOSEPH / BLACK PRESSAbout 200 kids launched their quest for goodies in the Sullivan Community Association’s annual Easter egg hunt at Sullivan Park on Sunday.
Unlimited talentIt’s an artistic highlight of the
Cloverdale cultural calendar.The 2013 Bachelor of Fine
Arts graduate exhibit at Kwantlen Polytechnic Universi-ty’s Cloverdale campus later this month will showcase artwork by the university’s visual arts majors.
This year’s exhibition is titled Ad Infinitum, Latin for with-out end, or without limits. The works included in the show represent a dynamic and diverse range of expressions of the 15 graduates, working in a variety of media, from painting and drawing to sculpture, video and installation.
The exhibition runs from Wednesday, April 17 to Friday, April 19, noon to 6 p.m. A clos-ing reception is planned for April 19, from 6 to 10 p.m.
The gallery is lo-cated in room 1843 at Kwantlen’s Cloverdale campus at 5500 180 Street. Use the east entrance.
The artists are: Ly-nette Bosa, Jay Cabalu, Tara Hallquist, Bri Har-rison, Yvonne Lee, Lisa Lucow, Andrew Lund, Dana Miller, Jasmin Nguyen, ROZ, Caro-line Safianuk, Antonio Su, Katie Walker and Deanna Welters.
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Tire round upCloverdale residents
looking for a place to drop off old car tires for recycling have an op-portunity this Saturday.
The Kal Tire outlet at 5621 180 Street is one of three nearby Kal Tire locations hosting a Tire Round Up on April 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Drop off your old car tires, on or off rim. It’s free.
The other participating Kal Tires are located at 20620 Langley Bypass in Langley and at
16139 Fraser Highway in Surrey.The event is presented through
the Tire Stewardship of B.C. along with Kal Tire.
Most of the 37,000 tonnes of scrap tires collected each year are recycled into products, and the rest is used as a fuel supple-ment.
Scrap rubber is recycled into products ranging from play-ground surfaces, athletic tracks and garden stones to flooring and landscaping mulch.
For more information about tire recycling in B.C., visit www.tsbc.ca.
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IN THE STYLE OFFrom season to season and decade to decade, fashion and image change rapidly. Explore social trends of the 20th century and the way major fashion designers re� ect, create and rebel against these trends through their designs. This unique look at the clothing we covet and wear is created in partnership with fashion historian Ivan Sayers and Kwantlen College Fashion Design and Marketing students. On display April 30–June 8, 2013 PROGRAMS
ROOTS REWIND YOUTH VIDEO CONTESTThe Surrey Museum invites Surrey secondary school students ages 13-18 to record on video their thoughts and ideas about what cultural heritage means to their daily lives in Surrey. The video that best expresses cultural heritage in Surrey will be shown at the Surrey International Film Festival in Fall 2013. Deadline for contest registration is April 15, 2013. Deadline for video submission: September 1, 2013. Full details, contest rules and submission form are available at www.surrey.ca/heritageyouth, or call 604-592-6951.
MAKE BELIEVE BIRTHDAY PARTIESCelebrate your birthday at the Surrey Museum! Invite your friends and choose from themes like Pirates, Dinosaurs, Cowboy/Cowgirl, Ancient Egypt and more. Must pre-book at 604-592-6956. Saturdays, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., $12.50 per child (birthday child is free)
FARMING BUDDIESExplore historic Surrey farms, meet the animals that lived there, try making animal sounds, and create a fuzzy craft to take home. Afterwards, enjoy a locally farmed treat. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956. 1 session $10.25 (3-5yrs), Friday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
DADS AND BOYS: VIMY RIDGEJoin historic re-enactor Tim Heller as he shows off his World War One artifacts in full, authentic uniform and answers questions about the Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956. 1 session $12 (13yrs+), Saturday, April 6, 1-2:30 p.m.
CHAINMAILLE JEWELLERY WORKSHOPLearn the ancient art of chainmaille with experienced instructor Uli Ross as you create an elegant bracelet from Byzantine weave using bright aluminum and enamelled copper rings. Supply fee $20. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956. 1 session $29 (16yrs+), Saturday, April 6, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
LUMBER JACKS AND JILLSDiscover the axes, animals and machines used to bring down Surrey’s giant red cedars, then learn about the life cycle of local trees and make a wooden toy to take home. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956. 1 session $10.25 (3-5yrs), Friday, April 12, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
FORGING FRIENDSTots discover the science behind ironworking and the history of blacksmithing through a gallery tour, hands-on artifacts and make-believe. Then create a metal craft to take home. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956. 1 session $10.25 (3-5yrs), Friday, April 19, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
DISCOVERY SATURDAY: EARTH DAYCelebrate Earth Day at the Surrey Museum. Bring your old electronics to give to the recycling truck, and make eco-chic crafts from recycled and recyclable materials. Saturday, April 20 1-4 p.m., All ages, Free
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Buh-bye, HSTThe writ hasn’t even dropped
but it’s already shaping up to be an exciting election
in Surrey-Cloverdale.Both the NDP and the Liberal
campaign o� ces are within ropin’distance of the Reporter o� ce, of-fering up a front-row seat to the 2013 provincial election.
City of Surrey bylaw o� cer Harry Kooner, the NDP candi-date, recently opened his cam-paign o� ce in Clover Square Village, inside the roomy former Rogers Video location.
And Liberal candidate Stepha-nie Cadieux, a Cloverdale resi-dent who currently holds the seat of Surrey-Panorama, is mov-ing into the ground � oor of the Frontline Real Estate building near the corner of 56Avenue and 176 Street – that’s kitty corner from our o� ce.
e Conservatives, Greens and Excalibur parties haven’t yet announced their candidates for Surrey-Cloverdale, but so far, it looks like we’ll be able to cover this whole rodeo on foot, and we couldn’t be more delighted. It’s always fun to see what kind
of snacks the various war rooms have on hand on election night, and how the teams react to the coverage as the results come in.
Score another point for de-mocracy!
Speaking of democracy, we B.C.ers said goodbye Monday to the HST.
To its fans, the Harmonized Sales Tax was the long-awaited simpli� cation of a convoluted and confusing system of GST and PST.
To its critics, it was and for-ever will be remembered as the Hated Sales Tax, introduced by what many regarded as political sleight-of-hand by the incum-bent Liberals following the 2009 election.
e tax was the target of B.C.’s only successful citizens initiative, a triumph of the people’s will no matter which side you’re on. Canvassers had to collect 10 per cent of the registered voters in 85 electoral districts in 90 days. ey beat their target with nearly a month to spare.
e Liberals surrendered af-ter scrap-the-tax forces won a
2011 referendum, but it was too late. Former party leader Gor-don Campbell resigned, and a new leader was elected, leaving Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Kevin Falcon, a leadership contender, on the sidelines.
e party’s popularity has waned since and the NDP’s for-tunes have risen dramatically, a� er more than a decade in the political wilderness.
Come what may, the elimina-tion of the HST is good news for the average taxpayer, who can expect to see several hundred dollars in savings this year on tangible goods and services like haircuts and dining out.
Die hard proponents maintain harmonization is a better system, but admit the provincial govern-ment did a poor job in explaining the plusses to the average voter.
What its champions failed to recognize can be summed up by something Peace River-South MLA Blair Lekstrom once said, referring to the idea of road tolls for TransLink, but in reality al-luding to the government’s his-tory with the HST.
“It doesn’t matter how good your idea is, if you do not get public buy in, it’s probably not that good an idea.”
Lekstrom, you’ll remember, quit his position as cabinet min-ister over the HST in the face of a taxpayer revolt (only to return the following year).
e furor over the HST spawned a genuine political movement, albeit one led by former premier and ex-Surrey mayor Bill Vander Zalm, who correctly read the writing on the wall.
e fallout of the hated tax changed B.C.’s political landscape and saw the rise of the Conserva-tive Party. But has party leader John Cummins and his col-leagues of would-be MLAs ac-crued enough political capital on their own to change the course of the upcoming May 14 provincial election? Only time will tell.
Meantime, pity the poor busi-ness owners, who have to eat the costs of adjusting to yet another set of obligations under the new tax system.
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The invisible disability
Misty morning
LAURIE SCANKS PHOTOReporter reader Laurie Scanks took this evocative photo on a recent morning of the train tracks in Cloverdale, looking east from 156 Street, the mist rising in the distance.
By Janet MarutawanaI am the mother of a nine-year-
old severely autistic boy. Socially, he functions at a very low level. Physically he appears perfectly normal. Because many disabili-ties have obvious physical mani-festations, individuals suffering from them are usually treated with dignity and respect. Howev-er, autism may present the public with no such physical labels.
When in public, Farai and I regularly face the harsh judge-ment of people who assume that because he appears physically normal, his behaviour should be normal.
Being out in public is part of Farai’s socialization therapy. Since Farai loves to ride in buses, we often run our errands on pub-lic transit. But, in an instant, Fa-rai’s kisses, infectious laugh and pinchable cuteness can become a tsunami of tears, screaming, pinching and biting. Or he may suddenly begin weeping end-lessly with inconsolable sadness, vocalizing his displeasure with repetitive and rhythmic vocaliza-
tions which people interpret as whiny and spoiled. Suddenly, we are facing a busload of disapprov-ing glares and looks of disgust.
We often get off before our stop. I am left feeling sad and heartbroken; disappointed in myself because I can’t help peo-ple see beyond their assumptions. I often wish Farai was in a wheelchair. Or perhaps I could wave a red card with an “A” on it in ex-planation.
Recently in the grocery store line-up, Farai had what people perceived as a temper tantrum. Behind me in the line-up, a wom-an remarked loudly, “Why don’t some people control their chil-dren!” Perhaps my response was hasty. “My son is autistic, if you have a cure, Ma’am, I am definite-ly willing to discuss it.”
Autism does not often grant its sufferers any sense of social pro-priety. Normal childhood rearing techniques are ineffectual. Farai’s socialization will take years of work with many different skilled aids and therapists.
I love Farai deeply and like most mothers of disabled chil-dren, I am prepared and willing to put in the round the clock care required. My true wish, of course, is not for a visibly disabled child. But when the disapproving looks and behind-my-back comments
inevitably come, my thoughts are that it would be somewhat easier if we were granted the dignity and respect often re-served for those par-
ents of children with physically visible disabilities.
My wish is for more public awareness of this sometimes physically invisible disorder so that people would give pause before passing silent or verbal judgement on the child and their caregiver. My broader wish is that all of us would see beyond our own circle of experience and grant respect and kindness to those in situations we may not understand.
– Janet Marutawana’s son, Farai, goes to school part-time in Surrey.
A mother’s anguish at the glares of disgust her son’s autism draws from strangers
Conspiracy theoriesA new poll shows a majority of B.C.
residents believe UFOs exist and 38 per cent believe a cure for cancer has been found but is being suppressed by government or big pharmaceutical firms.
Insights West president Steve Mos-sop said he was stunned by how many people reported believing in “some pretty outrageous conspiracy theories” in the polling firm’s latest survey.
“I nearly fell off my chair,” he said. “It’s amazing the level of skepticism that exists around certain things that most would regard as scientific truths or historical events.”
UFOs were either fully or somewhat believed by 52 per cent.
A large minority of 34 per cent buy one of the John F. Kennedy assassina-tion conspiracy theories, while 29 per
cent believe that Princess Diana was assassinated or that human beings have been cloned.
Fully a quarter believe the 9/11 ter-ror attacks were a U.S. government conspiracy.
Fewer believed that lotteries are rigged (20 per cent), Osama Bin Laden is still alive (13 per cent), the moon landings were a hoax (10 per cent), El-vis is still alive (five per cent) or that di-nosaurs never existed (four per cent.)
A parallel poll of Albertans also placed UFOs and a suppressed cancer cure atop the list but at lower numbers of 45 and 36 per cent, respectively.
The poll also asked questions about April Fool’s Day and found 55 per cent in B.C. have played a prank on some-one on that day, while 71 per cent re-port being a victim.
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Spring fair builds on winter successesBy Jennifer LangFind a new addition for your gar-
den, discover the perfect item for your child’s wardrobe or suss out a one-of-a-kind birthday or Mother’s Day gift this Saturday at the Clo-verdale Spring Fair.
More than 60 vendors from across the Lower Mainland and from as far away as Kelowna and Washington State will selling food and products at the spring fair, running April 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Shannon Hall at the Clover-dale Fairgrounds.
Organizer Heather Harasymow is hoping to build on the success of her annual Christmas in Clover-dale Gift and Craft Marketplace, a
South-of-the-Fraser version of the variety-filled, urban Christmas markets that she’s operated in late November for the past four years, and is posed to present her fifth.
“This is the first year for the spring one. Lots of the vendors and visitors to the show have been ask-ing for another [craft show] part way through the year,” Harasymow says.
The Cloverdale Spring Fair will offer more seasonal items, to capi-talize on the theme. Vendors in-clude TriStar Nurseries, Nature’s Driftwood, jewelry vendor Chika-ko Tsurusaki and metal work com-pany Sena Metal Arts. Children’s clothing company Peekaboo Beans
will also be on hand, along with a children’s book company.
Other wares include bath and body products, hair accessories, and more.
There will also be entertain-ment for the kids, including magic and balloon animals by Joseph the Magician, and West Coast Enter-tainment Services will be offering children’s face painting, making the fair a perfect family weekend outing.
The fair runs Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Please bring along canned goods to donate to the Surrey Food Bank. For more, visit CloverSpring-Fair.com.
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTOFancy cupcake treats are among the wares at the Cloverdale Spring Fair.
By Jennifer LangCloverdale Catholic
School is planning an upcoming fundraiser to help pay for some much-needed renova-tions at the 57-year-old school.
The building, origi-nally constructed in
1955, has served the school community well, and has seen many additions, renovations and upgrades over the years.
But even with the generous support of the school families, the building is starting to show its age, says prin-cipal Jason Borkowski.
It’s due for a make-over.
“Several areas of the school, most notably
washrooms and the school entrance areas, are in dire need of renovation,” Borkowski said in a letter ad-dressed to supporters and potential sponsors of its upcoming Celtic Pub Night fundraiser.
Additionally, the school’s playground equipment is inad-equate to deal with the demands of the grow-ing student population.
The April 13 dinner
and auction is being or-ganized by the school’s parent fundraising group.
Chair Jacquie To-mandel says members have been out seeking donations from the community.
The list of silent and live auction items ranges from small to large – there are even some fabulous holiday excursions up for grabs.
The evening’s enter-
tainment includes Irish dancing and live music.
Tickets are $25 if purchased before April 5. After that, they’re $30 each. They’re available by calling the school at 604-574-5151.
The venue is Precious Blood Parish.
The doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., and the live auction will start at 8 p.m.
School sets sights on reno projectCloverdale Catholic plans Celtic-themed fundraiser to raise money for repairs
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A touch of nostalgiaBlack Press graphic artist Catherine Sheppard’s
art is on display at the Cloverdale Library, where it’s featured in an exhibition continuing to the end of April.
Wildlife with a Touch of Nostalgia showcases paintings of wildlife and nostalgia using a variety of mediums, including watercolour, oil paint and pas-
tels. Sheppard, a Surrey resident, is an active mem-ber of the Federation of Canadian Artists and Pastel Artists of Canada. Her work can also be viewed at www.catherinesheppardartist.com.
The Cloverdale Library is located at 5642 176A St. Call 604-598-7320 for more details.
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EVENTS
Old Time danceThe Surrey Old Time Fiddlers host an Old Time Dance, Thursday, April 4, at Clayton Hall, 18513 70 Ave., 1/2 block north of Fraser Highway on 184 Street. From 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Admission $3. For more information call 604-575-1066 or 604-538-3363.
GriefShare recOvery Seminar and SuppOrT GrOupMeets Thursdays, April 4 to June 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 125 at Willoughby Church, 20525 72 Avenue, Langley. GriefShare features national recognized experts on grief and recovery topics. Seminar sessions include: The Journey of Grief, the Effects of Grief, When Your Spouse Dies, Your Family and Grief, Why? And Stuck in Grief. More more information, call Willoughby Church at 604-530-5959.
a la carTe: uSinG mapS in family hiSTOrySaturday, April 6 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Cloverdale Library. Instructor: Brenda L. Smith. Explore how maps can aid the researcher to locate, track and record our ancestors’ paths of migration. Follow the case study maps to see how presenter Brenda Smith’s grandparents and great grandparents trekked across the world to arrive in the Peace River Country of northern B.C. in 1930. Register at the
Cloverdale Library, 5642 176A Street, or call 604-598-7328 or email [email protected]
clOverdale SprinG fairThe organizers of the annual Christmas in Cloverdale Gift and Craft Marketplace are organizing a new Cloverdale Spring Fair taking place April 6 from 10 a.m. 6 p.m.) at Shannon Hall on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, 6050A 176 St. This free event features over 60 juried vendors selling their gift and craft items, Joseph the Magician (www.gizmotheclown.com), face painting, make-your-own-craft, food concession and more. Canned goods will be accepted for the Surrey Food Bank. Vendors can visit www.cloverspringfair.com, email [email protected] or call Heather at 778-385-3769.
freemaSOnry explainedThe Cloverdale Masonic Lodge hosts its annual open house, Freemasonry Explained, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Eureka Masonic Hall, 20701 Fraser Hwy, Langley. Presentations from the Freemasons, Shrine Temple, Jobs Daughters and Order of the Eastern Star. It will be a fun and informative evening.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
arT SubmiSSiOnSThe Langley Centennial Museum and Langley Memorial Hospital are seeking maternity/motherhood-inspired or themed submissions for a collaborative exhibition called Art of Motherhood that will be on display May 9 to July 4 at the Langley Museum. The deadline for entries is April 12. For entry requirements and application form, visit www.langleymuseum.org.
Old Time danceSunnyside Hall, corner of 18th Ave at 154 Street in South Surrey. Live music. All seniors welcome. At 1 p.m. every Monday from Labour Day to the end of June. For more information, call 604-538-5657 or 604-575-8236.
The Surrey Historical Society meets at 10 a.m. at the Surrey Archives on the second Saturday of most months. You are welcome to hear our speakers and share your knowledge. Membership is $10/year. For details, call John at 778-294-1515.
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Antiques have always held a strong fascination for Catherine Sheppard. This painting, among others, is on display at the Cloverdale Library throughout April.
Mom art wantedLangley Centennial Museum
and Langley Memorial Hospital are seeking maternity/mother-hood-inspired or themed sub-missions for an upcoming col-laborative exhibit.
Art of Motherhood will be on display at the Langley Museum from may 9 to July 4.
The entry deadline is April 12.
For entry requirements and ap-plication forms, visit www.lang-leymuseum.org.
Seedy SaturdayHistoric Stewart Farm’s seed
sale this Saturday is a sure bet for gardeners interested in growing heirloom plants.
Heritage vegetable, herb and flower seeds – grown in the Stew-
art farm’s own heritage gardens – will be available for sale.
This one day event is also an opportunity to meet master gar-deners, who will be on hand to answer your questions and chal-lenges. The seed sale runs Satur-day, April 6 from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Stewart Hall, at 13723 Crescent Road in South Surrey.
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Q: How important is Curb Appeal? A: Improving curb appeal is critical to generating traffic. While it does take time, it needn’t be expensive, provided you keep two key words in mind: neat and neutral. Neatness sells. New paint, an immaculate lawn, picture-perfect shrubbery, a newly sealed driveway, potted plants at the front door - put them all together, and drive-by shoppers will probably want to see the rest of the house. Hand in hand with neatness is neutrality. If you’re going to repaint, stick to light, neutral colors. Keep the yard free of gardening tools and kids’ toys. Remember, when a family looks at a house, they’re trying to paint a picture of what it would be like as their home. You want to give them as clean a canvas as possible.
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A: Across different educational jurisdictions reduc-ing class size has been a popular policy initiative over the last 15 years. Intuititively, both parents and teachers believe that small class sizes will allow for more indi-vidual attention and result in higher achievement. However, what does the research say? The research con� rms that class size reduction does provide the environment in which teachers are able to teach differently. In smaller classes, they interact with individual students more frequently and use a greater variety of instructional strategies. Students learn more academical-ly and socially; they are more engaged and less disruptive. It is important to note, however, that other factors greatly enhance the bene� ts associated with smaller class sizes. The more important being the classroom teacher. When the classroom teacher is given the opportunity and time to learn new instructional strategies, to design quality learning experiences and collab-orate more frequently with colleagues, students truly bene� t from being in smaller groupings. Often parents will ask me; How many students are expected in my child’s class next year? I share with them the importance of knowing how class size in combination with a professional growth-oriented teacher will bene� t their child’s learning and development.
Jon Mayan (M.Ed.) Principal, Cloverdale Christian School
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Only certain types of pension income are eligible for income splitting, such as private pension income or, if you are 65 or older, payments from a RRIF. When you and your spouse file your 2012 tax return, you may be able to allocate up 50 per cent of your qualifying pension to your spouse. You will need to complete form T1032 from the Canada Revenue Agency to elect to income split.
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Last year, I took a casual job to learn some extra money now that my kids are going to school. I didn’t earn very much. Do I need to file a return or can my husband just put me on his return?
Even if you did not earn very much, you need to report your own income on your own tax return. Unfortunately, your husband cannot include it on his return. Also, if you are receiving the Canada Child Tax Credit, both parents need to file in order to keep receiving the benefit. If you earned less than $10,822 in 2012, you will not pay any federal income tax. However, your income will impact how much of the spousal amount your husband can claim. Also, if you did not earn enough to pay income tax, your husband should continue to claim the children.
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Only certain types of pension income are eligible for income splitting, such as private pension income or, if you are 65 or older, payments from a RRIF. When you and your spouse file your 2012 tax return, you may be able to allocate up 50 per cent of your qualifying pension to your spouse. You will need to complete form T1032 from the Canada Revenue Agency to elect to income split.
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How can I personalize a funeral service?A funeral service is a time to honour and celebrate a life. There are a variety of ways to personalize the service, to be as unique as the individual’s personality and convey what was important to them.
One option is to display items that were significant to you and your loved ones. Services can always be customized with examples such as playing a video tribute, displaying a prized motorcycle or stamp collection, or even enjoying a treasured wine or favourite cookie. With a wide range of creative options, your opportunity for personal expression is almost endless.
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Q What are the benefits of grain-free nutrition for our pets?
A In the wild your dog or cat would have consumed mainly meat-based proteins. They would not have gone “hunting” for grains. Grain has been found to cause or irritate some pets allergies and is difficult for your canine or feline compan-ion to digest. Corn is an additive in many pet foods that should par-ticularly be avoided. It can cause gas, bloat and excess stool volume and has very little, if any, nutritional value. Some of the benefits of feeding grain free diet are: Shiny coat, decreased allergies, healthy skin, increased energy, ease in passing of stools, reduced stools volume and decrease in weight for obese dogs or cats. Switching to a grain-free food may even help with Fido’s behavior issues! Overall health and longevity start with nutrition...visit us at The Bone and Biscuit Co. Cloverdale and learn more!
t What is Sleep Apnea?Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a serious medical condition in which breathing is interrupted by a blockage in your airway causing you to stop breathing repeatedly throughout the night. Medical complications associated with OSA include:
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What should I do to get my vehicle ready for spring? Generally our winters are harsh and our ve-hicles need some TLC come spring.
Cleaning the inside and outside are natural starting points but mechanically we should make sure they get a once over.
Utilize your local repair facilities spring maintenance service to have a service and safety check performed which can offer you the peace of mind needed for spring / summer driving.
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and loved tearing around the yard in the army fatigues his par-ents got him for Christ-mas the year he was in Grade 6.
He worked at Fra-ser Downs Raceway as a teen, mucking stables in the barns, clearing ta-bles in the Homestretch, and even doing security.
At the centre of it all was his church, Zion Lutheran. He belonged to the youth group, and, when he was old enough, volunteered as a leader.
He was 14 on Sept. 11, 2001.
“I remember seeing that and just being so upset about it, and not understanding.” Later, he watched the first bombing of Iraq.
“By the time I had a choice to sign up, I knew I’d be going to Af-ghanistan. That was my original intention when I signed up.”
Where others might enlist to learn a trade or embark on a life-long career, Lowe al-ways knew he wanted to be a soldier – period. “I wanted to be in the combat trade. I wanted to get out there and sup-port my country.”
By 21, he was ready. It was the end of June, the start of summer, when he was sent for basic
training at the training facility in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, fol-lowed by four months learning combat in Wainwright, AB.
In October, 2009, he arrived at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, where he was part of Task Force 309, a recon-struction team aimed at rebuilding Afghani-stan’s infrastructure.
Lowe’s company was mostly deployed as a quick reaction force, patrolling villages with local Afghan army and police forces, a role that involved mentoring and community relations.
Detecting Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, was a constant.
The deadly, home-made land mines could be hidden nearly any-where.
“We had IEDs on
our road every day,” he says. “For four months straight, we had a bomb under the first culvert we crossed.”
His company was lucky – nobody was killed, although several were injured.
“Half of that was luck and half of that was good leadership. And, we trained the hell out of ourselves before we went.”
One day, they were in a place called Pashmul – a notorious neighbour-hood where “stuff hap-pened all the time.”
An armoured vehicle had been hit by a recoil-less rifle, and they were sent in to investigate, their own vehicle driv-ing down a mud path hemmed in by a high, narrow embankment.
“We could tell right away something was
weird,” he says, describ-ing how the Afghan Na-tional Army members alongside them “were a little jumpy.”
Suddenly, they came under fire from a couple of different directions.
To Lowe, it was sur-real – off to the left, a farmer and two chil-dren in a field were col-lecting hay into piles. When the gunfire went off, the troops, hearing the crack, crack, crack of the gunfire, hit the ground. When they got back up, the farmer and the children were still raking hay as if nothing had happened.
“We can literally see the puff of dust where the guy had just fired from,” he remembers. “It’s kind of crazy and kind of sad how life
CONTRIBUTEDCloverdale’s John Lowe, left, served six months in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.
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and loved tearing around the yard in the army fatigues his par-ents got him for Christ-mas the year he was in Grade 6.
He worked at Fra-ser Downs Raceway as a teen, mucking stables in the barns, clearing ta-bles in the Homestretch, and even doing security.
At the centre of it all was his church, Zion Lutheran. He belonged to the youth group, and, when he was old enough, volunteered as a leader.
He was 14 on Sept. 11, 2001.
“I remember seeing that and just being so upset about it, and not understanding.” Later, he watched the first bombing of Iraq.
“By the time I had a choice to sign up, I knew I’d be going to Af-ghanistan. That was my original intention when I signed up.”
Where others might enlist to learn a trade or embark on a life-long career, Lowe al-ways knew he wanted to be a soldier – period. “I wanted to be in the combat trade. I wanted to get out there and sup-port my country.”
By 21, he was ready. It was the end of June, the start of summer, when he was sent for basic
training at the training facility in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, fol-lowed by four months learning combat in Wainwright, AB.
In October, 2009, he arrived at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, where he was part of Task Force 309, a recon-struction team aimed at rebuilding Afghani-stan’s infrastructure.
Lowe’s company was mostly deployed as a quick reaction force, patrolling villages with local Afghan army and police forces, a role that involved mentoring and community relations.
Detecting Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, was a constant.
The deadly, home-made land mines could be hidden nearly any-where.
“We had IEDs on
our road every day,” he says. “For four months straight, we had a bomb under the first culvert we crossed.”
His company was lucky – nobody was killed, although several were injured.
“Half of that was luck and half of that was good leadership. And, we trained the hell out of ourselves before we went.”
One day, they were in a place called Pashmul – a notorious neighbour-hood where “stuff hap-pened all the time.”
An armoured vehicle had been hit by a recoil-less rifle, and they were sent in to investigate, their own vehicle driv-ing down a mud path hemmed in by a high, narrow embankment.
“We could tell right away something was
weird,” he says, describ-ing how the Afghan Na-tional Army members alongside them “were a little jumpy.”
Suddenly, they came under fire from a couple of different directions.
To Lowe, it was sur-real – off to the left, a farmer and two chil-dren in a field were col-lecting hay into piles. When the gunfire went off, the troops, hearing the crack, crack, crack of the gunfire, hit the ground. When they got back up, the farmer and the children were still raking hay as if nothing had happened.
“We can literally see the puff of dust where the guy had just fired from,” he remembers. “It’s kind of crazy and kind of sad how life
CONTRIBUTEDCloverdale’s John Lowe, left, served six months in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.
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there is.” Another time, he was riding in the back of a light armored vehicle when he noticed a little kid running behind them. His arm, wrapped in bandages, was missing to his elbow. Blood was seeping through, yet he was playing as if nothing was wrong.
The interpreter told Lowe, bluntly, the child just had his arm blown off in a car bombing.
“If that had happened somewhere in Canada, like if it happened to one of my [youth group] kids, I wouldn’t allow him outside of the hospital. It would be months until he was healed up. It’s just very interesting how life continues on.”
Lowe says he arrived in Afghani-stan thinking he was going to make a big difference, help rebuild infra-structure and free the Afghan people from the bonds of the Taliban.
“What you soon realize is it’s in-credibly more complex than you ever thought it would be. You realize it’s not something that’s going to be solved overnight. And that you are a very small cog in the overall picture.”
He returned to Canada on April 18, 2010 and obtained a voluntary release from the force.
He went back to work as a youth pas-tor at Zion Lutheran Church. Within a span of four months, he went from a war zone to playing games with kids and leading Bible studies.
But something inside had changed. He wasn’t functioning the way he used to. He often felt very tense and very alert.
Wandering into a crowded shop-ping mall, surrounded by so many strangers, the anxiety would become too much for him.
Or he’d have panic attacks while driving along a certain stretch of road.
These are the small triggers that can set off a debilitating reaction in someone with an Operational Stress Injury. For some veterans, the scent of campfire smoke is enough to take them back to Afghanistan.
To cope, some guys “drink their
faces off.” Others take more drastic measures. Lowe knows at least three soldiers who have taken their own lives.
It took a few phone calls, connect-ing with other veterans and hearing their experiences, to realize what he was experiencing was common.
The hard part was reaching out for help.
“There’s this huge stigma that the guys have, that if you’re going through something like this, or you’re dealing with something like this, it means you’re weak. You should be able to get over this by yourself. But in reality, it’s an injury. It’s something that’s hap-pened to you. It doesn’t mean you’re any less of a soldier. It just means that it’s something you’ve got to figure out, and if you don’t own up to that at some point, it’s going to get worse.”
Lowe reached out for that help, and now he’s encouraging others to do the same.
That’s why he’s taking part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride.
He happened to hear about Wounded Warriors thanks to his mom, Shere, a flight attendant on WestJet. At Christmas, she met a pas-senger named Bill Cusson, a veteran with a service dog that’s helping him cope with PTSD.
Cusson told Shere about Wound-ed Warriors, and he told her about the team the group was sending to the ride, suggesting her son contact the organization’s founder, Wayne Johnston.
Lowe called him up.“He said, Listen, John, I’ve got one
spot. I’m going to give you a day or two to think about it.”
Lowe leaped at the opportunity.He’s already excited about being
part of it.“Just being able to go back and see
guys who were before me in the bat-tlefields” will be an honour. “As war-riors, as soldiers, this is our collective history. These are honourable things, and this is my part.”
– Contact John Lowe at [email protected] or visit his blog at http://www.jcwlowe.
blogspot.ca.
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MercyThe gospel of John (chapter 8) tells a story of mercy. A woman, caught in the act of adultery, is
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He began to write on the ground with his � nger, just as the LORD had written the Ten Commandments with His � nger on stone tablets centuries earlier. The accusers pressured him and he responded with, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the � rst to throw a stone at her.”
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Trio qualifies for QuebecBy Rick KupchukThe BC Aquasonics
had a strong showing at Synchro Canada’s National Qualifier Championships, and have qualified swim-
mers for five events in national championship competition.
Erin Williams of Clo-verdale, Natasha Heine of Surrey and Mackenzy Higgins of White Rock
will be among the swim-mers from the Surrey-based Aquasonics club who will compete at the Canadian Open Cham-pionship in Quebec City April 24-28.
The trio were part of the Senior National Stream Team which won a silver medal in the Free Team Routine category in Calgary, and was sixth in the Combo competi-
tion. Williams was sixth in Technical Solo and Free Solo, qualifying for the nationals in both categories. Higgins and Heine were fourth in Duet, and will swim in
that category again in Quebec City.
Jessica Friesen, Mady-son Stickley, Courtney Armstrong, and Nancy Zhang, all of Surrey, were on the Aquasonics National Stream Team which placed eighth in the 13-15 Team Routine and advanced to the Canadian Espoir Cham-pionships in Ottawa May 29 to June 2, 2013.
“We had an extremely successful week at the Qualifier in Calgary,” said BC Aquason-ics head coach Susan
Kemper. “Our competi-tion was fierce but our athletes handled it with great determination and as a result we achieved many of the goals we set for ourselves. Now we have a great oppor-tunity to step up our performance yet again at Nationals.”
Kemper will coach the Senior Aquasonics teams in Quebec City, and the 13-15 team in Ottawa will be coached by Tanya Magee and Suzanna Goddard.
– Black Press
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTOCloverdale’s Erin Williams of the BC Aquasonics synchro-nized swim team will compete at next month’s nationals.
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