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Your source for breaking news, sports, and entertainment: www.langleyadvance.comTuesday, November 5, 2013 Audited circulation: 40,026 – 20 pages
The body found in Hi Knoll Park is of awoman last seen getting into a car 17hours earlier.by Heather Colpitts and Matthew Claxtonnews@langleyadvance.com
Lisa Ann Zielke was last seen get-ting into a vehicle around dinner-time on Oct. 30 in the 9100 block ofKing George Boulevard.
The body of the 41-year-old sextrade worker was found 17 hourslater in Hi Knoll Park at 195thStreet and Colebrook Road (50thAvenue).
“Lisa Ann was living a highrisk lifestyle in that she was drugdependent and actively work-ing as a sex worker, predomin-antly in the Surrey area,” said Sgt.Jennifer Pound, with the IntegratedHomicide Investigation Team(IHIT).
The police have now issued awarning for sex trade workers in light ofZielke’s death and discovery on the morningof Oct. 31. Investigators have been canvass-ing various locations to distribute posters andspeak with women in the sex trade. Womenwho are living a high risk lifestyle are beingwarned to take extra precaution during thistime, Pound explained.
After notifying her family, police releasedinformation about her identity and death to
encourage people to come forward with infor-mation they have that may relate to the case.
IHIT held a press conference on Nov. 4 toshow items found in the park.
“Found with her body was several piecesof furniture, including a brown sofabed and awood table and chairs,” Pound explained.
The police believe this ties in with herdeath.
“Investigators believe that thetimeline of when Lisa Ann wasin the park is very close to thetimeline that the furniture wouldhave been dumped. Theindividual(s) who dumpedthe furniture may haveinformation about her deathand police are looking toidentify and speak withthem,” she said.
An autopsy has been donebut the authorities are wait-ing on results of a toxicol-ogy exam.
“IHIT is looking to speakwith anyone who mayhave information about
this homicide. We are specificallylooking to speak with anyone who may haveseen Lisa Ann, or who have knowledge ofher whereabouts, after 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 30and into the following morning on Oct. 31,”Pound said.
Anyone with information is asked to callthe IHIT Tipline at 1-877-551-4448. Or toremain anonymous, use Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Hi-Knoll Park’s parking area at about195th Street and Colebrook Roadwas the site where the body of MarcBontkes was found in early 2009. Hismurder was linked to the drug trade,and three individuals were eventuallyconvicted in relation to the crime.
In Surrey, several other bodieshave been dumped along a stretch ofColebrook Road in western Surrey.
During a seven-week period earlier this year,four bodies were found between Jan. 28and March 13. However, those bodies wereall found near the 12100 or 12300 blocks ofColebrook, near the Surrey-Delta border. Thesmall section of Colebrook starting at theLangley-Surrey border is not directly connect-ed to the western portion of the street withthe same name.
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Sex trade worker found dead in park
Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance
After the discovery of Lisa Ann Zielke’s body, policecordoned off Colebrook Road (50th Avenue) from192nd to 196th Street.
IHIT photo
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Beyond FibreDian Grant of the LangleyWeavers and SpinnersGuild wove tea towels andanswered questions abouther loom for the visitorsat the annual show. Theguild set up in the FortLangley Community Hallfor Beyond Fibre, theannual show and sale onNov. 2 and 3. The eventfeatured the juried woven,knitted, spun and feltedworks of the guild as wellas several local artisans.In addition to one-of-a-kind fibre pieces, thehall was filled with workssuch as jewelry, pottery,photography, mixedmedia, leather, gourmetfoods, and more.
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The 25-13, 23-25,25-14, 25-22 victorycompleteda weekendsweep for the visiting Spartans,who improved to 4-0 this sea-son.
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UpFrontThe sixth annual fundraisinggala for Langley AnimalProtection Society netted atleast $85,000 Saturday.
by Roxanne Hooperrhooper@langleyadvance.com
Dinner for 10 with GlobalNews personality Steve Darlingnetted close to $10,000, while ahusband (make that two) for aday, generated $2,400 in dona-tions.
Those were the bigger ticketitems auctioned off this week-end that helped the sixth annualFurry Tail Endings gala breakall past fundraising records, saidSean Baker.
There were 425 animal loversgathered at the Coast Hotel& Convention CentreSaturday night, for whathas become the “mustattend” fundraising din-ner and evening to bene-fit the Langley AnimalProtection Society.
“This is our night tocelebrate great storiesand raise the moneythat we need to care forthe 1,300 dogs, cats andlarge animals that aregoing to need us next year,”said Baker, executive director ofLAPS.
But the guests were also thereto help celebrate a milestone10th anniversary for the shelter.
And they did much morethan that, Baker said, addingthat between buying tickets andparticipating in the silent andlive auctions at this year’s eventtopped all past galas in terms of
money raised.“I can confidently say that
we are at $85,000 after allexpenses,” said Baker. “This isa conservative number and willlikely rise.”
• Stay tuned to the LangleyAdvance for more fromSaturday’s gala, including thevolunteer of the year
• More at www.langleyadvance.com,search “LAPS”
Animal welfare
Furry Tail soirée howling success
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Auctioneer Jim Marsh accepted a $1,200 bid in exchange for hiring out these two men– Joel Neufeld and Graeme MacRury – during LAPS live auction Saturday. Marsh thenturned around and accepted another $1,200 from the second highest bidder, when the menagreed to donate two days of service. Inset left: Langley businessperson of the year AngieQuaale donated a dinner for 10 with Global’s Steve Darling. One dinner for 10 turned intotwo dinners, and raised almost $10,000 for the animal charity.
Langley Mounties areissuing personal warnings tohundreds of potential identitytheft victims.
by Matthew Claxtonmclaxton@langleyadvance.com
RCMP Auxiliaries in Langleywere headed out to warn hun-dreds of residents that theiridentities might have beenstolen.
On the weekend of Nov. 2 and3, officers were planning to visit300 to 500 homes, all of them
victims of mail theft.Police are trying to head off
scams and schemes aimed atlocal residents after recovering ahoard of stolen mail.
On Oct 21, there was a stringof break-ins to 18 mailboxes, allof which were pried open.
On Oct. 24, police respondedto a routine single-vehicle inci-dent in south Brookswood, onlyto find a small truck crashed inthe 3200 block of 200th Streetwith the driver nowhere to befound. Stolen mail was spillingout of the vehicle.
The letters, bills, and docu-ments inside had mostly beenstolen from Langley and Surrey.
With the mail recovered fromthis and other recent cases, theRCMP are planning to give outinformation to as many of thevictims as they can find.
“We’re actually going to goand notify these people person-ally,” said Cpl. Holly Marks,spokesperson for the detach-ment.
The Auxiliary officers, who arevolunteers who undertake com-munity policing duties, will askvictims to contact their banks,and will hand out tips aboutprotecting their identities.
The local police are alsoworking with their counter-parts in communities such as
Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, andMission, and with Canada Post,said Marks.
Township council has recentlycalled for Canada Post toimprove the security of its com-munity mail boxes, which areamong the frequent targets ofmail thieves.
Identity thieves will typicallylook for enough personal infor-mation on a victim to acquireeither access to the victim’s ownbank accounts, or to open newaccounts and get credit cards inthe victim’s name. The thievescan then run up debt and leavethe victim to deal with the fall-out.
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The school has an annualChristmas Store where studentscan buy gifts for their families atprices the kids can afford.
The PAC is in need of somedonations and some heatedspace to store the items untilDec. 17.
There’s a donation bin atthe school at 20202 35th Ave.People can also contact thePAC at rjdoghouse@yahoo.com to ask questions orarrange pickup.
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Walkability and realestate costs dominatedan economic forum.by Matthew Claxtonmclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Experts on housing andliveability gathered totalk about the future ofLangley at the Township’sthird annual EconomicForum Oct. 24.
Keynote speaker DanBurden is a WashingtonState expert in creatingwalkable communities.
Burden pronounced him-self a fan of B.C. as oneof the centres of changesin urban design in NorthAmerica.
“Transportation hasalways designed our cit-ies for us,” Burden said,whether it was walking,animal power, trains, orcars.
He talked about build-ing cities that can accom-modate the car but whichare built for people. Thatmeans creating the rightlevel of street connectivity,and making places worthgoing to.
“If an engineer isfocused on just movingtraffic, they can destroy anentire city,” said Burden.
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more compact streetsthat will draw people andinvestment.
Does built environmentsupport human habitat?asked Burden.
“The good news is…everything is shifting,” hesaid. Car usage in NorthAmerica peaked in 2004.
Also speaking wereCameron Muir, a BC RealEstate Association econo-mist, Lance Jakubec, amarket analyst for theCanada Mortgage andHousing Corp., and RaminSeifi, Township commun-ity development manager.
Jakubec said Langley isexpected to grow by about15 per cent over the nextfive years, one of the fast-est growth rates in B.C.,and almost double the ratefor Greater Vancouver.
One reason is that an
average Vancouver condocosts the same as a housein Langley. Many peoplestill want a house with ayard, said Jakubec.
There has been stronggrowth in the constructionof townhouses and condosin Langley compared tosingle-family homes.
Jakubec also noted therehas been very little con-struction of new rentalhousing, but there are nostats on secondary suitesand basement rentals.
Muir, whose hometownis Langley, gave a broadoverview of the housingmarket in North Americaand Canada.
“I think there’s muchbrighter days ahead,” hesaid of the U.S. economy.
Muir believes therewon’t be a Canadian hous-ing crash to match the onethat hit the United Statesduring the recession in2008.
Housing sales have beenrebounding from a low in2012, and interest rates arestill very low, Muir said.
Seifi touched on thechallenges of being oneof the fastest growingmunicipalities, and alsomentioned some futuredevelopment plans, includ-ing the Willowbrook tran-sit exchange and regionalcentre.
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Liveability expert Dan Burdenspoke at a recent Townshipeconomic forum.
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The grieving father of amurdered gang membersays he never had anyintention of acting out aviolent revenge dream thathe shared with a victimsupport group last year.
Michael Denis LeClair,60, testified Thursday athis trial in B.C. ProvincialCourt in Abbotsford.LeClair is charged with onecount of uttering threats.
LeClair’s 27-year-old sonKevin, a Red Scorpionsgang member and friend ofgang leaders Jamie, Jarrod,and Jonathan Bacon, wasgunned down in a WalnutGrove shopping centre
parking lot in February2009. Charges were not laiduntil January 2011, and thetwo suspects remain on theloose.
In May 2012, after twofailed attempts to getcounselling, LeClair beganattending a support groupfor families and friends ofcrime victims in Abbotsfordto try and deal with hisincreasing frustration withpolice and the justice sys-tem.
He was often angry at themeetings, and admitted tohaving disturbing thoughtsand a violent dream inwhich he took elementaryschool students hostageand killed them when hisdemands – including the
surrender of the Baconbrothers – were not met.
LeClair said he neverintended to hurt or threatenanyone. He conceded thesupport group was thewrong forum in which todiscuss his dream, but hewanted to show the angerand resentment he andother crime victims feelwhen dealing with policeand the justice system.
“I was expressing mydream,” LeClair testified. “Ineeded to get my frustra-tion out.”
The groups’s threefacilitators did not initiallybelieve LeClair would acton his dream. However, onOct. 30, 2012, LeClair toldthe group that he had tried
unsuccessfully to get anassault rifle. The next day,one of the facilitators calledpolice, and told LeClair shewas concerned.
LeClair responded, “Youshould be concerned.”
He testified that he meantshe should be worried in abroader sense, explaining,“Everybody should be con-cerned, society should beconcerned – not just aboutme but about anybodywho’s going through whatI’m going through.”
After his son’s murderand prior to the incidentwith the support group,LeClair had numerousnegative interactions withthe authorities, Crownprosecutor Wayne Norris
said, reading from anagreed statement of facts.
In August 2010, during atraffic stop, LeClair told theofficer that he would go ona rampage if his son’s mur-der was not solved.
On Oct. 7, 2010, LeClairsaid to a Surrey bylawofficer, a former RCMPmember, that he wouldgive police two years tosolve Kevin’s murder or hewould find those respon-sible himself and kill them,and added he would kill alot of people in the process.
A year later, LeClairtold a commercial vehicleinspector that his son hadbeen killed and in fiveyears he was going to startshooting people because of
his frustration. He said hehad guns and when policecame to his home, hewould take them out.
In the past year, LeClairstarted seeing a counsellor,and said he has made a lotof progress dealing withhis anger: “I really work oncalming myself down so Idon’t blow up.”
He said he’s still griev-ing and describes what heis going through as “a lifesentence,” but now he canlook forward to the future.
“We’ve got future plansand I want to see themcome about,” he said.
The trial was scheduledfor one day.
- Jennifer Saltman is a reporterwith the Vancouver Province
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Father’s threats spawned by frustration over son’s murderThe father of a Langley murder victim is on trialfor threats over his frustrations based on the case.
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My decades in the news business havebrought me to a point where I am far too cyn-ical to be easily disillusioned – saddened fromtime to time, maybe, but the illusions evapor-ated a long time ago. Or so I thought.
While I allow myself to get peeved prettyeasily – maybe too easily, sometimes – I don’tusually bother to get really angry about things,and certainly not about the stupid thingspoliticians do or say – there’s too much ofthat to evoke serious emotionalresponse without risking onset ofchronic depression.
But this weekend, StephenHarper really rattled my chain.
And if you understand thebasic concepts of democracy– the way it’s supposed to work,I mean – then your chain has tobe chaffing a little, too.
That the leader of this country could shoutout that he “couldn’t care less” what anyonewho disagrees with him thinks – about any-thing, let alone about questions of his integrityand his apparent complicity in scandalousbehaviour at the very top reaches of the polit-ical structure that he oversees – shocked me tothe core.
I guess what bothers me most is that his out-rageous disregard – his arrogance – towardsthe country and the people he has sworn toserve should be so openly expressed in thedays when so many of the Canadians aboutwhose thoughts he couldn’t care less are wear-ing poppies.
The approach of Remembrance Day is sup-posed to bring to mind the tens of thousandsof Canadians who over the past century havegiven their lives – or the hundreds of thou-sands who have risked or continue to risktheir lives – because of their deep concernfor their country and our freedom to hold
and express our widely divergent views andthoughts.
As Remembrance Day approaches, we speakof their sacrifice, but we sacrifice nothing inreturn.
For the most part, even when we disagreewith our government’s actions – even whenwe feel disgust for our government’s lead-ers – we continue to follow the government’sexample.
We gripe and complain that “we” have nobusiness in Afghanistan (or wherever) – but“we” are not there. “We” elect the politicianswho send our soldiers into harm’s way andthen treat them like they are some kind ofinconvenience when they come home bro-ken… or dead.
We don’t have to follow our government’sarrogant lead. Go out and buy apoppy. Throw in an extra buckor two, if you can spare it.
And wear that poppy proudly.The people who made the
poppy an important symbol ofwho we are as Canadians areworth supporting. As long asthere remain people like that
standing guard over us abroad, there’s hopefor us at home – hope that an understandingof what they stand for, hope that an apprecia-tion of their sacrifice will rub off on the rest ofus and on our leaders.
The poppy symbolizes more than a hopethat we can avoid war, or that we can getthrough with as little bloodshed as possible.
Find a copy of Lieutenant Colonel JohnMcCrae’s In Flanders Fields and read it care-fully. All the way through.
The poppies in McCrae’s Flanders fieldsdon’t just symbolize honour for those whodied, or respect for those who put their liveson the line for the rest of us.
The poppy is about all of us.Pay special attention to the final words:“To you from failing hands we throw/The
torch; be yours to hold it high./If ye breakfaith with us who die/We shall not sleep,though poppies grow/In Flanders fields.”
The poppy, like the final verse, is not just atribute, it’s a call to action.
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Dear Editor,It is the time of year again where we pin
those plastic blood red poppies above ourhearts in remembrance of those who foughtand died for us.
Most of us probably do notknow that the custom wasfirst started by an Americannamed Moina Michael. Shewrote a poem, We ShallKeep the Faith, in whichshe pledges to wear apoppy in remembrance ofthose who fought in war,in response to the nowiconic In Flanders Fields.
She first wore the poppyin 1918, and in 1920, theAmerican Legion began to use it asits symbol of remembrance.
It was 1921 when the Royal CanadianLegion adopted it, and ever since,Canadians have pinned that little flowerabove our hearts in the weeks leading upto Remembrance Day.
It was May 3, 1915, during the secondbattle of Ypres. Lieutenant Colonel JohnMcCrae noticed, as he buried his closefriend, that poppies grew around thegraves of the dead soldiers. It inspiredhim to write In Flanders Fields, sittingin the back of an field ambulance.
Not satisfied with the poem, hecrumpled it up and threw it away. Ifnot for his fellow soldiers convincing himto publish it, we may never have worn thepoppies we wear today. The poem waspublished in a weekly magazine, Punch, onDec. 8, 1915, and today it is one of the mostpopular poems of the First World War.
John McCrae died of pneumonia on Jan.28, 1918, at the age of 45.
The corn or field poppy is an agriculturalweed in Europe. Its seeds lie dormant underthe soil, waiting to be disturbed so theycan germinate. Perhaps the millions of highexplosive rounds detonated in the desolate,muddy, crater-riddled “no man’s land” sep-arating opposing trench lines disturbed theseeds. It woke them from their slumber tobring some colour and beauty to the mudand destruction that trench warfare broughtto once green fields.
Imagine a world of mud and blood, a
landscape resembling a distant, barren,alien world, and this little red flower pokesup from the mud, small, delicate, andbeautiful in a world of horror and ugliness.
What must it have been like to be ayoung man, cold and wet, feet rotting
from trench foot, terrified, tired,and longing for something thatdoes not look like mud, and tosee these little flowers bloomingamongst the death. What a sightthat must have been!
Even during the Napoleonicwars, it was noted that red pop-pies would grow around thegraves of soldiers as if drawn to
those who have fallen in battle.The little red flowers stood guard over
the bodies of our brave soldiers, and nowthey are over our hearts because that iswhere our fallen are, in the hearts of allCanadians.
Our soldiers have fought,died, bled, sacrificed, andsuffered so the rest of uswouldn’t have to. We existbecause of them, and weowe our way of life to them.
When I pin a poppy tomy shirt, I am remindedthat there is a legacy behindme of brave soldiers whoanswered the call. Theystood up and fought for us
and each other, not for politics or religion,not because they liked it or wanted to; theytook up arms because they believed it wasthe right thing to do.
I am reminded of why I volunteered to bea peacekeeper in Bosnia. It was because Ifelt it was the right thing to do.
Now I am a veteran and I wear my poppyfaithfully because I cannot bear to “breakfaith with us who die.”
I look at the young men and women whonow wear our nation’s uniform, and I’mglad there are still enough warriors to standbetween us and evil, so we can all sleepsoundly in the night.
Pin a poppy above your heart, read “InFlanders Fields,” and never forget what itrepresents.
Michael Major, Former Corporal and NATOPeacekeeper, Walnut Grove
Remembrance Day
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Coulter Berry in FortLangley I was quite excitedthat there were going to beseveral apartments withinthe development.
Last year my wife passedaway, and months laterI had my leg amputated.Having lived in the Fortmany years and now aloneand unable to drive, the
project seemed perfect forme, with two handicapsuites in the building plan.
Now a small group witha “society” will have usbelieve that they are the“majority,” that they havethousands of signatures andthe resources to strike any-thing down.
They are not the onlygame in town. Variances toby-laws are quite common.
Yes, I am disappointedand angry. These peopleneed to look at the wholepicture, not just their ownself interests. They need totake a long look at the sod-turning picture taken lastAug. 20, and they will seehundreds of happy faces.
And what about develop-ers’ costs, as well as all thepeople who are involved inthe project supply chain?
Let’s not forget about the24 workers with familieswho were sent home twomonths before Christmas.
You see, I will survive,although I might haveto leave my friends andrelocate to another town.
But I do feel cheated bythe group of five who thinkthey are in control of “our”village.
I hope this letter movesother voices in favour of thedevelopment to be heard.
Fred Jackson, Fort Langley
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Who would benefit from a doubling of the density?Certainly nobody who has a future here. We cannot allmove to the Fort.
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Eighty Years AgoOctober 26, 1933
Provincial election candi-date Dr. Lorne McDougalloutlined the basic issue ofthe campaign as a choicebetween “the principles ofLiberalism and democraticform of government, andCanadian CommonwealthFederation with the prin-ciples of dictatorship andchaos.”
Seventy Years AgoOctober 28, 1943
A rail car loaded with beetsand carrots was shippedout by the Langley Farm-ers’ Institute. The food wasdestined to feed Canadiantroops abroad. Mrs. Percivalwas elected president ofthe Langley Prairie branchof the Red Cross. Financialrecords indicated that thegroup had a balance of$10.59 to carry forward.
Sixty Years AgoOctober 29, 1953
The Langley Board of Tradeconducted a poll to deter-mine if shoppers would
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Fifty Years AgoOctober 31, 1963
A 21-year-old Vancouverman tore out 30 feet ofboard fence from aroundthe Langley Safewayparking lot after his car’saccelerator jammed. Thecar veered off the fenceand finally stopped short ofFraser Highway.Robbers smashed a windowto break into Fort Langleypost office, but they leftwithout taking anything.
Forty Years AgoOctober 25, 1973
Langley’s new ice arenaat Langley Civic Centre inBrookswood was opening.Construction delays forceda postponement of theplanned official openingof D.W. Poppy SecondarySchool. The school, namedafter both pioneer Langleymayor David W. Poppyand his son, also a formerLangley mayor, D.W. (Bill)Poppy, was to have beenopened with fanfare onDouglas Day, a day trad-itionally set aside to honourLangley’s pioneers.A Holloween-masked gun-man robbed Langley CitySafeway of $5,000.
Thirty Years AgoOctober 26, 1983
An upgrade to meet currentfire safety standards wasgoing to cost Langley Me-
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morial Hospital $345,000.Langley Christmas Bureaucoordinator Carol Gran an-ticipated an increase in thenumber of needy familiesrequesting hampers.
Twenty Years AgoOctober 27, 1993
The federal political maphad changed dramaticallywhen the polls closed onOct. 25. Reform candidatesRandy White and Val Mere-dith cleaned up, taking bothlocal seats which previ-ously had been consideredProgressive Conservativestrongholds. The Liberalsdid better than in previouselections in both ridings,but still polled only distantsecond-place finishes.The Conservatives in bothridings were relegated tothird place, while the NewDemocrats, usually in sec-ond place, barely registeredsignificant support.Council promised that itsplans to try and get anotherice arena in the Townshipwould not affect currentplans for a rink in WalnutGrove.Local parents of specialneeds children weren’timpressed by a Ministry ofSocial Services announce-ment that, in response toburgeoning waiting lists, anew Infant Developmentprogram would be startedin Langley or Aldergrove.The 50-space program wasviewed as too little, too late.
Ten Years AgoOctober 28, 2003
Abbotsford’s animal shelterreceived permission fromLangley Township councilto operate in Aldergrove.
October 31, 2003Thieves robbed a hauntedbarn operated by LordTweedsmuir studentshoping to raise money fortheir music department,stealing 30 of the kids’ Hal-loween costumes.High winds knocked downpower lines across Langley.
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Going more high-techseems to have helped theFraser Valley Wine TastingFestival.
The 24th annual festival,organized by the RotaryClub of Langley Central,featured a bigger digitalpresence in the weeksleading up to the Nov. 2gala.
And that helped lead tostronger ticket sales thanksto the convenience ofonline purchasing.
Coverage through theLangley Advance and sisterpublications in GlacierMedia also helped gener-ate more interest and moreinterest outside of Langley.
Before the event, 850tickets sold, a strong turn-out on par with the festi-val’s best years and morethan 750 ticket-holdersturned out to WillowbrookShopping Centre to enjoy
an evening oftastings, gour-met eats andlive entertain-ment.
Steve Carter,the club mem-ber overseeingpublicity, saidthe safety mes-sage seems tohave hit home.
“I noticed alot of peoplegetting droppedoff [instead ofdriving them-selves],” henoted.
Carter notedthat the finaltallies won’tbe in for a fewdays but it lookslike it should bein the neighbourhood of$40,000-$45,000.
The money raised goesto help at-risk youth.
Planning for the 2014wine festival starts next
summer but until then,the Rotary Club of LangleyCentral will have otherevents, and works closelywith other local clubs tofundraise and help thecommunity.
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Cheers!
Flower enthusiastsvied to grow themost startlingorchids for aweekend show.
by Matthew Claxtonmclaxton@langleyadvance.com
From miniscule to the size of the palmof your hand, and in every colour fromwhite to black, orchids were on display intheir profusion Nov. 2 and 3 at the Worldof Orchids Show and Sale in Langley.
The Fraser Valley Orchid Society heldtheir annual show at the George PrestonRecreation Centre inBrookswood.
Four societiesfrom around B.C.entered flowers,and the judg-ing was done onThursday before allthe orchids wereput on display forthe public.
The best inshow this yearwas a cattleyahybrid ownedby Paul Henson
of Vancouver Island.Henson also took thereserve champion rib-bon for second placefor another of hisflowers.
The judges lookat the whole flower,including the petals’shape when makingtheir decisions, saidAbu Salleh, a judge and
grower with the Fraser Valley society.For many people, the reason to grow
orchids is the vast variety and beauty ofthe flowers, said Wayne Louie, the chairof the show.
There are more than 20,000 knownorchid species, with varieties native toevery continent but Antarctica. There
are also about 100,000known hybrid varieties.
Beginners can startwith breeds that areraised for house-plantconditions, and arehardy enough to survivewithout much specialcare, Louie said.
The show is in part-nership this year withthe Langley HospiceSociety, which willreceive half of the pro-ceeds.
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Andrew Peters and Adriana Fruttarol wanderedthrough the crowd selling 50/50 tickets.Proceeds from this effort fund the Rotary club’sChristmas hampers.
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Laura and Steve Rosset, of Aldergrove, raised a glass at the Fraser Valley Wine Tasting Festival.
Abu Salleh, an orchid grower and judge with theFraser Valley Orchid Society, checked out someof the wide variety of blooms on display at thisyear’s annual show in Langley.
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LangleyAdvance
Walnut Grove runnersJoel Harrison and ChelseaBorrowdale finished secondin their respective provincialraces at Aldergrove Lake.by Troy Landrevilletlandreville@langleyadvance.com
Chilly rain tumbled down intorrents on teenaged runners,who braved the elements and asloppy course at Aldergrove LakeRegional Park Saturday duringthe B.C. high school cross coun-try championships.
Langley runners impressed onhome soil.
In the 4.3 kilometre juniorboys race, the Walnut GroveGators finished fourth out of 29teams, led by Joel Harrison whoran to second place in 15:03.50.
“Joel has been one of our toprunners all along and he con-tinues to impress me because herises to the challenge,” Gatorscoach Gary Lutes said.
Brendan Hoff from Carihi tooktop spot in 14:47.65.
Langley Secondary’s DeanEllenwood, who won the FraserValley title Oct. 23 in Clearbrook,ended up seventh in 15:26.35.
Following Harrison was hisscoring Gator teammates DanielStead (33rd in 16:28.38), FordMcMahon (56th in 16:52.84),and Paul Buckingham (65th in
17:01.19).Twins Liam Riley (86th in
17:18.45), and Will Riley (91stin 17:25.04) rounded out theGators’ junior boys runners.
During the 6.3 kilometre sen-ior boys race, Langley ChristianHigh School’sNick Colyne wasthe top local run-ner, crossing thefinish line seventhin 21:17.26.
Also finishingin the top 20 was Tyler Dejongfrom Brookswood, who ran to16th in 21:46.29.
Team-wise, the Fraser Valley
champion Gators ended up fifthout of 25 entries, led by JamesLam (40th in 22:40.91).
Helping Walnut Grove to atop-five team result was JimHarradine (75th in 23:52.75),Richard Torres (77th in
23:54.46), MalavSubramaniam(102nd in24:21.28), andChris Curran(105th in24:24.87).
Ben Demian (114th in24:39.08) and Andrew Palmer187th in 26:29.04) also ran forWalnut Grove in the 242-runner
event.The Gators’ Chelsea
Borrowdale had an outstandingjunior girls race, placing secondin 16:44.05.
Borrowdale was less than fourseconds behind the winner,Taryn O’Neill from George ElliottSecondary.
O’Neill finished the 4.3 kilo-metre race in 16:40.82.
Lutes said Borrowdale startedstrong and maintained a fastpace throughout the race.
“She went out really hard,and I didn’t know if she couldsustain that, and she did,” Lutessaid.
“She’s a competitor,” headded. “When it comes to com-petition, that’s definitely whereshe shines.”
The Gators ended up third inteam standings behind winnerSemiahmoo and second placeLittle Flower Academy.
Isabella Boccia (an impres-sive ninth in 17:20.30), KatieMacewen (28th in 18:09.80),and Kelley Macdonald (73rd in19:16.69) scored points for theGators. Rounding out the Gatorsrunners was Brianne Dejong,who ended up 97th in 19:44.48.
There were a few strong localresults in a junior girls race thatsaw 223 runners finish, includ-ing Adrianna Klassen fromLangley Fundamental taking17th in 17:45.94, and a pair ofBrookswood athletes placing inthe top 30: Louise Forsyth (24thin 18:05.18), and Tavia Jasper(27th in 18:09.28).
The fastest Langley runner inthe 4.3 kilometre senior girlsrace was Walnut Grove’s RobynBuckingham, who ran to 87th in19:06.34.
Lutes said the rain and stiffwind made conditions less thanideal, to put it mildly, but histeam members persevered.
“It was torrential rain andwindy so it was awesomeweather,” he said with a laugh.“Gators love that kind of weath-er. The course got progressivelyworse as the day went on; it [thecourse] got beat up.”
High school cross country
Gator runners impress at B.C. championship meet
Junior boysrunners includingLiam Riley fromWalnut GroveSecondary (bibno. 160) madetheir way up ahill at AldergroveLake RegionalPark on Saturdaymorningduring the B.C.high schoolcross countrychampionships.
Matthew ClaxtonLangley Advance
The TWU women will enter the CISchampionship tournament with aconference silver medal.
A silver lining wasn’t as pretty asit may seem for the Trinity WesternUniversity Spartans women’s soccer team.
The Spartans were dethroned as CanadaWest champions, after losing 2-1 in over-time to the Alberta Pandas in the confer-ence title game Saturday at CentennialStadium in Victoria.
Alberta’s Julia Ignacio scored the game-winning goal five minutes into overtimeof the conference final.
In the 95th minute, Ignacio head-ed the ball into the net after con-verting a cross from two yardsout by Paula Dadensky.
Ignacio’s redirection bankedoff the crossbar past Spartansgoalkeeper Rachel Bedek forwhat proved to be the winner.
After Ignacio’s goal five min-utes into the first extra-time half, theSpartans desperately tried to tie the
match. In the final three minutes ofextra time, Caitlin Haines was robbedby Pandas goalkeeper Kelti Biggs, and
the Spartans pressured the Pandasthroughout the final minutes but
could not equalize.Battling sloppy and soggy field
conditions, both squads scoredfirst-half goals – the SpartansKrista Gommeringer in the fifthminute and Alberta’s Jessie
Candlish in the 35th minute – andwere tied 1-1 at both halftime and at theend of regulation.
Despite the loss, the defending CISchampion Spartans still earned a berth inthe national championship, where TWUwill look to defend its CIS title startingThursday in Toronto.
The Spartans will be looking for theirfifth national gold medal in the last 10years.
The win marks Alberta’s first CanadaWest title since 2001.
They now set their sights on a CIS ban-ner, looking for their fourth in schoolhistory.
continued on page A14…
University women’s soccer
Spartans fall in overtime in CanadaWest gold medal game
“Gators love that kindof weather.”Gary Lutes
Sports LangleyAdvanceA14 Tue sday, Novembe r 5 , 2013
…continued from page A13“We’re obviously bit-
terly disappointed that wecouldn’t three-peat, but I’mreally proud of the girlsand how hard they foughttonight,” Spartans coachGraham Roxburgh saidfollowing the match. “Itwasn’t pretty soccer withthe weather playing a fac-tor but it was a good battleout there and, just like lastnight, one good team hadto lose a tough game.
Roxburgh added, “Eventhough we scored early,we were flat through thefirst 15 minutes, but it wasgood to see the girls reallypick it up over the final 75minutes of regulation. Wehad some great perform-ances from a number of
players, and they reallyhung in there and gave ittheir all.”
In the second half, theSpartans had two wonder-ful chances warded off byBiggs, before Alberta hadits own golden opportun-ity off the boot of juniorAnnalise Schellenberg,whose attempt sailed justover the crossbar.
In the bronze-medalgame, the UVic Vikesdefeated the UBCThunderbirds on penaltykicks, by a 3-1 margin.
Hawks awaitThe Spartans will open
this year’s CIS tournamentagainst the OUA championLaurier Golden Hawks.
On Sunday the TWU
women learned they willbegin their search for asecond straight nationaltitle against Laurier afterthe quarter-final match-upswere announced for the27th CIS women’s soccerchampionships which kickoff Thursday in Toronto.
TWU beat Queen’s inlast year’s CIS national titlegame.
This year’s eight-teamtournament, hosted forthe second time by theUniversity of Toronto, runsuntil next Sunday.
All 11 games will bewebcast live on www.CIS-SIC.tv.
The reigning championSpartans will make the tripto Ontario to defend theirtitle after qualifying as CWconference silver medal-lists.
Should they triumph nextweekend, the Spartanswould tie UBC’s record offive Gladys Bean MemorialTrophies overall.
Also competing for theCIS banner at VarsityStadium will be theAlberta Pandas (CanadaWest champions), WilfridLaurier Golden Hawks(OUA champs), MontrealCarabins (RSEQ champs),Cape Breton Capers(AUS champs), WesternMustangs (OUA finalists),Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQfinalists), as well as thetourney host TorontoVarsity Blues.
TWU has dominatedCIS women’s soccer overthe last half-decade withthree national titles in thepast five seasons, includ-ing a victory on kicks over
Queen’s in last year’s gold-medal game in Victoria.
The only previous timethe CIS tournament washeld at the U of T, in 2009,the powerhouse fromLangley had also claimedthe banner thanks to a winon penalty kicks
The Spartans begin theirtitle defence Thursdayagainst Laurier in the thirdcontest of opening day.
The other quarter-finalswill see Montreal battleWestern, Alberta take onLaval, and Cape Bretonsquare off against hostToronto.
Four of this year’s con-tenders have hoisted theGladys Been Trophy in thepast, including the Spartans(2012, 2009, 2008, 2004),Pandas (2001, 1997, 1989),Golden Hawks (1995, 1992)and Capers (2007).
Off to nationalsFifth-year TWU sen-
ior Caitlin Haines scoredin the final half of extratime, lifting her squad toa come-from-behind 2-1win over the Victoria Vikeson Friday at CentennialStadium in the second oftwo CW semifinals.
“I’m super proud of ourteam. We battled all theway and we believed thatwe would get a chanceand Jenn’s goal was fan-tastic to get us to over-time,” Roxburgh said. “Wedefended with incredibleheart… our back four wasfantastic. Credit to Victoria– they are an excellentteam.”
With the win, theSpartans qualified for thenationals.
“[Making nationals was]something we set out forfrom last year. I think wehave an amazing team thisyear,” Haines said. “I’m afifth-year and our goal wasjust to play united.”
Haines added, “Goinginto the second half, I wasreally nervous. I was sohappy for Jenn Castillo toscore. I actually started tocry. We are, together, astrong team. It takes everyperson on our team to dotheir job. I mean, I cannotask for anything better.”
Spartans open nationals against Laurier
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‘All players played a role’ in the tournamentvictory, said Langley head coach Gary Bowsher.
The Langley atom A4 Eagles struck gold on Oct. 27, tocap a tournament in Vernon.
The local hockey team had a 3-0-1 record coming outof the round robin, playing against teams from Vernon,North and South Okanagan, and Williams Lake.
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Contact Langley Meals onWheels, 604-533-1679 or shan-non@langleymealsonwheels.com.
Langley Seniors Resource Society20605 51B Ave., 604-530-3020Outreach programs: informa-tion and referral, TelephoneBuddy, and seniors counsellors.Better at Home: The programprovides transportation andshopping assistance, friendlyvisitors and light housekeeping.Subsidies are available.Seniors Housing Counsellors:provide information abouthousing options here. Drop inWednesdays 1:30-3:30pm ormake an appointment. Info: 604530-3020, ext. 319Coffee and Connecting SupportGroup, and Flying Solo for 55-plus solos, both groups meetTuesdays at 10am.Birthday Socials: $6, held onceevery two monthsSharing and Caring Socials:(will resume in 2014).
Seniors produceSeniors can get a bag of fruitsand vegetables on the firstTuesday of the month for $5.The program is through LangleyMeals on Wheels in cooper-ation with Langley City, FraserHealth, the Langley SeniorsResource Centre and the SeniorsCommunity Action Table. Pickup is at Douglas RecreationCentre and the Langley SeniorsResource Centre. Deliveryavailable. Book: Rec centre,604-514-2865 or seniors centre,604-530-3020.
SupportChronic pain managementA free workshop is 1-3pm onNov. 19 at the Fraser ArthritisCentre, unit 101 5501 204th St.Register: 604-714-5550.
Fraser Valley Transplant NetworkThe group, for people whohave had transplants and theirfamilies, meets at the TownshipCivic Facility, 20338 65th Ave.The next meeting is Nov. 14at 7pm with accredited renalpharmacist Bob Sangha. Info:Charlie or Diane, 604-533-3352.
OtherBlood donor clinicsCall 1-888-2-DONATE to book.Nov. 5: 1-8pm Murrayville Hall,21667 48th Ave.Nov. 10: 9:30am-4:30pmBlacklock Elementary, 5100206th St.
Reach your community and publicize non-profit, community, or club activities here and onthe Internet, at www.langleyadvance.com which includes the link Submit an Event. Oremail news@langleyadvance.com, fax to 604-534-3383, or mail to: Langley Advance,#112 6375 202nd St., Langley, B.C. V2Y 1N1. Must be received at least 10 days prior to
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