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A legal wrangle over disclosure of wiretap evidence delayed the trial of two men charged in an alleged extortion attempt on three Chilliwack men after a marijua-na shipment valued at $200,000-$400,000 went missing .

Vincenzo Lanci, 28, of Delta, and Ronny Krayem, 29, of Langley, were arrested during a meeting with one of the victims at Earls restaurant on Nov. 6, 2009, after a two-week investigation involving over 60

members of the Chilliwack RCMP Serious Crime Unit, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, the Integrated Gang Task Force, the Vancouver Police Drug Section and the Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team.

The victims names cannot be published by order of the court. Two are in their 40s and one is in his 30s, according to an RCMP news release issued at the time of the arrest.

The Crown is alleging the three Chilliwack men were operating a trucking business, but had gotten

into marijuana growing, and then transporting the product, when the economy went sour in 2009.

They had leased a storage bay where the marijuana was grown when a shipment worth between $200,000-$400,000 bound for east-ern Canada went missing.

One of the Chilliwack men who drove the truck was allegedly attacked and his leg broken by five men on Oct. 21, 2009. The Crown is not alleging Krayem and Lanci were the attackers.

However, the three Chilliwack men were allegedly given just two

weeks to come up with the money for the missing marijuana - or else.

A relative of the victims went to the police and the investigation began, which included one of the men acting as a police agent and the extensive use of telephone wiretaps.

The trial, scheduled for two weeks, had just got underway Monday when Ian Donaldson, defence counsel for Krayem, raised the issue of disclosure of the wiretap evidence collected by the RCMP.

Donaldson argued that his client

is entitled to the unedited tran-scripts of the police intercepts including access to those of his co-accused so he could mount a full defence.

He submitted that the test for disclosure is whether it could pos-sibly affect the outcome of the trial.

Those (police) who sat down to interview both Krayem and Lanci ... had available for their review and preparation all of the fruits of the investigation, he said.

Wiretap wrangle holds up extortion trial

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Residents of Hampton House walk along Spadina Avenue while taking part in the one-kilometre Silver Fox Block Walk to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation on Wednesday. The group of about 25 people, along with other residents at Hampton House, raised more than $1,260 from the walk. This years Terry Fox Run takes place on Sunday at the Landing Sports Centre. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. and the run (2km, 5km, or 10km) starts at 9 a.m. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

Katie BartelThe Progress

Chilliwack school district is in discussions with the Ministry of Education on whether the playground funding recently allotted to middle schools can be redistributed to elementary schools in need.

The school district has nine elementary schools with playgrounds in need of replacing and one in need of upgrading. Yet, the pro-vincial government awarded three Chilliwack middle schools $50,000 each for new play-grounds.

We are in discussions with the ministry about what could possibly happen with that funding, said district superintendent Michael Audet.

Our director of operations has contacted the ministry to have some further clarification about that decision and to let them know that we dont have playgrounds at any of our middle schools.

Last spring the Ministry of Education asked districts across B.C. which of their schools didnt have playgrounds including middle schools.

Chilliwack responded, listing its middle schools.

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The long haul to raise awareness about autismKatie BartelThe Progress

The every day struggles of autism dont end when the fund-raising walk for Autism Speaks does later this month.

Thats why a trio of teenaged longboarders have decided to con-tinue the fundraising efforts for months, maybe even years after, with a new fundraising event Race 4 Reason.

Sardis secondary students Erik Eccleston, Kyle Belcourt and Klayten Evanoff are planning to ride their longboards from Chilliwack to North Vancouver, from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7, to raise

funds for Autism Speaks.There hasnt been a whole lot of

autism awareness in Chilliwack, said 18-year-old Eccleston. We have cancer awareness, diabetes awareness, but virtually nothing for autism.

Were doing this just to get the word out.

The buddies got the idea while hanging out at The Truth skate shop in Vedder. Owners Melissa and Jason Flynns 11-year-old daughter Cypris has Aspergers, a spectrum of autism. The family, along with co-owner Joel Hershey, are participating in Walk Now for Autism Speaks on Sept. 25, and are raising funds through their

shop and through a partnership with Etnies.

Eccleston, Belcourt and Evanoff wanted to do more.

Evanoff came up with the idea for the ride, wanting to emulate an event similar to Push for the Cure, which is an annual fundraiser for breast cancer awareness that has longboarders and skateboarders riding from Hope to Vancouver, and has raised more than $900,000 in the six years since it was start-ed.

This year the plan is to start small, just the three of them, but if all goes well, were going to shoot for Push for the Cure numbers next year, said Eccleston.

The longboarders havent yet defined an exact route, but plan to skate from Heritage Park in Chilliwack to 264th the first day,

where they will camp for the night, and then to Cutter Island in North Vancouver the next day. Total kilo-metres, approximately 106.

Eccleston is aware of the chal-lenge before them. Not only will it be the longest distance they have ever rode, they will also be facing unpredictable weather. With the event taking place in November, it could be sunny, raining, or snow-ing.

Im completely nervous; its def-initely going to be a long skate, he said, adding theyve already been training for an hour to an hour and a half every day after school along the streets of Chilliwack.

It will be very difficult. But nothing compared to what

people with autism go through every day.

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rounded by autism. His cousin has autism. His best friends brother has autism. The Flynns daughter has autism.

Ive seen the every day life of people who are autistic and how hard it can be, he said. Even the simplest task can be a mas-sive challenge for someone with autism.

If it does snow [for the ride] maybe people will see that we are doing something very hard for a good cause, and maybe theyll take a look at their own lives and com-pare it to those with autism.

For more information, visit the Facebook page Race 4 Reason. To donate, visit The Truth skate shop on Lark [email protected]/schoolscribe33

Jennifer FeinbergThe Progress

He served the Sardis fire hall for decades.

Richard 'Dick' Armitage became a volunteer member of the Sardis fire hall in 1956 when it was located on Knight Road, and served as its bri-gade chief for years.

Some of the current mem-bers of the fire hall approached the brass at the Chilliwack Fire Department, seeking a special way to mark his con-siderable contributions.

The training room at the Sardis fire hall was officially renamed the Dick Armitage room in his honour this week, confirmed Chilliwack Fire Chief Rick Ryall.

"It's just a way of recogniz-ing his incredible contribution and commitment to the fire department," he said. "That's a huge amount of time, and many of those years he served as brigade chief, and all in a volunteer capacity."

Armitage, 81, a retired butcher, served the depart-ment for 36 years until 1992, as a volunteer firefighter and brigade chief. His butcher shop was located next door to the fire hall at one point.

"All of our volunteer and paid-on-call members make a huge commitment and are a huge part of the department," he said.

Consequently, they were "more than happy" to follow through on the members' rec-ommendation and "make this happen," Ryall said.

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naming comes on the heels of the just released history book, Chilliwack Fire Department 1906 - 2006 The First 100, in which his services was chron-icled as well.

"We were excited to learn they are naming a room after him at the Sardis fire hall," said his wife, Evelyn Armitage. "Dick was blown away when he found out. It's such an honour."

A special presentation at the hall took place Monday night.

While Armitage was still

in the department, his wife collected three scrapbooks worth of information and memorabilia to do with the activities of the firefighters, which she later donated for the book project.

"We are hoping some of that information made it into the new book," she said.

Some of their other fam-ily members are also serving in the department, includ-ing their son-in-law, Barry Anderson, and their grand-son, Brent Anderson. His dad was a dispatcher downtown.

"We think it's pretty neat that there's a family connec-tion," she said.

It's not a coincidence that there is a history of service in the family, according to the fire chief.

"I think it speaks to not only how individually com-mitted the person was, but also how the fire department was portrayed as something important to belong to," he said. "I don't think it's an acci-dent."[email protected]/CHWKjourno

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Retired fire chief Dick Armitage, seen here with wife Evelyn, and grandson Brent Anderson, was honoured Monday night at Fire Hall No. 4 in Sardis for his 36 years of work with the Chilliwack Fire Department. A training room at the Sardis fire hall was named after Armitage and featured two plaques outside the door. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

Unsworth light delay out of city hands: councillorKatie BartelThe Progress

The traffic light installation delay at Unsworth Road and Keith Wilson Road is not the citys fault, says city Coun. Stewart McLean.

In a phone interview with The Progress, McLean said he understood the growing frustration from parents with children attending Unsworth elemen-tary who have been requesting a traffic light installed at the intersection for years. But the citys hands are tied, he said.

City council approved a traffic light installation at the intersection in the spring, and city officials sent a letter to the school shortly after indicating the installation would take place during the summer or early fall months.

Last month The Progress learned the project had been delayed due to the city requiring extra land on Keith Wilson Road in order to widen the road for sidewalks, curbs and gutters to be installed with the light.

The city is still in negotiations with property owners for the land acquisition.

In order to put the light and sidewalk in thats needed there at that intersection, we needed to acquire a small strip of property which we dont own, said McLean, chair of the citys transporta-tion committee.

Thats been the hold up. Its not the city holding it up. Until we can finalize the bits of property we need, we cant go ahead with the project.

Still, the installation, along with three other traf-fic light installations approved for this year, have all gone out to tender, so that we will be ready to go with the work that needs to be done as soon as we have that land acquisition sorted out, said McLean.

Were trying to get it done as soon as possible, we know the issues there ... but its hard for some people to understand that we cant just go and plunk a light in there. Its more complicated than that.

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Pedersen letter generates tips, but writer still unknownRobert FreemanThe Progress

An anonymous let-ter about a 10-year-old Chilliwack girl who went missing more than 28 years ago has generated some public tips and calls - but the author of the letter has not come forward yet.

Were still gather-ing some tips and were following up on them, RCMP Sgt. Graham de la Gorgendiere said Wednesday.

We still havent advanced the investiga-tion significantly yet, he added, but were still hopeful something will happen.

Jo-Anne Pedersen was a friendly, outgoing, 10-year-old when she simply vanished one night while waiting out-side a convenience store in Vedder Crossing for a ride home.

Nearly 29 years ago.But Chilliwack RCMP

refuse to give up on the case, believing that somewhere out there somebody knows some-thing that could solve the mystery and end a mothers grief.

A tall white man with messy or wavy-style hair was the last person

seen talking to Jo-Anne at the phone booth where she made the call home at about 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 19, 1983.

Suspicion initially fell on this man, but police investigators came to believe the man was actually trying to help the little girl.

So, three years ago, the RCMP prepared a re-enactment of the disappearance, hoping the mystery man would come forward with information that would lead to Jo-Annes where-abouts.

But nothing came of that effort, despite the pleas of Pedersens grieving mother Angela.

I have suffered so much through the

years, she said in a statement video-taped at the time.

Now a letter has come to the Chilliwack RCMP, hand-written and unsigned, but with significant informa-tion that leads police to believe its not a hoax and the author may know more.

Thats why were pleading ... for this person to come for-ward, Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth said.

Pedersen was walk-ing home with her sister and cousin when they got into an argument, and the older girls ran home ahead of her.

Finding the door locked when she got home, Pedersen went to the nearby Penny

Pincher store at Watson Road and Vedder Road to call her mother.

The store clerk let Pedersen use the store phone, but she didnt know the telephone number where her mother was, so she went outside to call the operator on a pay phone.

She talked to her stepfather, but when he and her mother arrived at the Penny Pincher about half an hour later, Jo-Anne was nowhere to be seen.

She hasnt been seen since.

We dont know what prompted this (letter), Hollingsworth said. Were just interested in finding out more.

Anyone with informa-tion about the investi-gation or the letter is asked to call Const. Justine Hayward at the Chilliwack RCMPs serious crime unit at 604-792-4611 or Crime Stoppers at [email protected]/paperboy2

Samples of an anonymous letter recently sent to RCMP regarding Jo-Anne Pedersen, who went missing more than 28 years ago. RCMP are hoping to speak with the writer.

Extortion trial expected to take two more weeksCounsels knowledge of

what information the inter-viewers had available to them could affect cross-examination of Crown witnesses and this evidence could make a differ-ence in the outcome of the trial, he submitted.

However, Crown coun-sel Henry Waldock said he believed the matter was set-tled at a pre-trial conference, and the surprise application for disclosure of thousands of pages of transcripts jeop-ardized the trial proceeding as planned with 30 witnesses scheduled to testify.

More importantly, he felt constrained by provisions in the criminal code intended to protect innocent third-parties whose identities might be dis-closed to the accused, if the police intercepts were released unedited to their lawyers.

Waldock respectfully refused to release the informa-tion without an order from the court, but agreed to an under-taking by all three counsel which would define, to the sat-isfaction of all, how that order is implemented.

Judge Russell McKay made the order late Tuesday, and the three lawyers began drafting the undertaking.

The disclosure issue arose after testimony by RCMP Sgt. Graham de la Gorgendiere, who was in charge of the seri-ous crime unit, detailed how the police investigation was organized.

He said the extortion com-plaint was received Oct. 24 and a team assembled the next day to assess what kind of danger (the three men) were in at the time.

Police surveillance started Oct. 29, he said, and autho-rization for the wiretaps was obtained the next day.

One of the complainants interviewed by police was ini-tially concerned about get-

ting himself in trouble, de la Gorgendiere said, because of his involvement in growing marijuana.

But the complainant was scared because serious threats had been made on his life, de la Gorgendiere said.

I felt he was leaving out information at the beginning, but as the interview went on he answered all my questions, he said.

The trial is expected to con-tinue this week, followed by a week-long break, and then resume for another [email protected]/paperboy2

The ministry then inquired as to which of their schools had playgrounds in need of upgrades.

Chilliwack sent a list of 10 elementary schools; nine in need of replacement and one in need of upgrades.

Two weeks ago they were notified that G.W. Graham middle secondary, Vedder middle and Rosedale traditional were selected for the new playgrounds.

When contacted by The Progress last week, district officials, as well as elemen-tary school parents, were confused as to why G.W. Graham and Vedder middle would be chosen. (Rosedale traditional made sense as it will be a kindergarten to Grade 9 school come the new year.)

Audet said no decisions regarding the funding have yet been made, and that the district may not be able to redistribute the funding at all.

Right now, what were trying to do is

clarify and eliminate the confusion, he said.

Schools in need of playground replace-ment include Bernard elementary, Cheam elementary, Central elementary, East Chilliwack elementary, FG Leary elementary, Little Mountain elementary, McCammon elementary and Sardis ele-mentary. Unsworth elementarys play-ground requires equipment [email protected]/schoolscribe33

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Health protection officials at the Fraser Health Authority are silent so far on what action will be taken, if any, after a search was conducted of a Chilliwack farm last month where unpasteurized milk is being distrib-uted to members of a cowshare operation.

But Gordon Watson, a co-founder of the farm at the centre of the raw milk controversy in B.C., said he is considering legal action against the health authority for misleading a jus-tice of the peace to obtain the search warrant.

Its not about whether somebodys ever got sick from our milk, he said, but protecting the provinces dairy industry.

Watson is also questioning why a regulation of the Milk Industry Act that provided for the sale of raw milk from approved raw milk dairy farms has been repealed.

He is asking Abbotsford-South MLA John van Dongen, former B.C.

Agriculture Minister, for a meeting to discuss how this untenable situation can be resolved quite easily.

Your administration would then be seen as listening to the people, rather than cobbling-together laws to suit corporate interests, he said in the email.

van Dongen did not respond to a Progress request for comment.

A ministry spokesperson said the regulation was repealed in June to ensure the Milk Industry Act is con-sistent with a regulation of the Public Health Act that describes human con-sumption of milk unpasteurized by a licenced dairy plant as a health hazard. The act bans the sale of raw milk for that reason.

Watson said it is preposterous to change an act because of a regulation and pointed out that regulations can be amended without a vote by elected MLAs.

NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham also did not return Progresscalls for comment.

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A search of the Fraser River continued yesterday morning after a fisherman was swept away Monday evening, just days after a similar incident near-ly cost a man his life at the same spot.

Chilliwack RCMP say three men were fishing in the Peg Leg area on the Fraser River when one man

lost his balance and fell into the water.

As the two men attempted to rescue the man, they too fell into the water.

Two of the men made it to shore while the other was unable to retrieve a life jack-et that was thrown to him.

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this area has been responsible for lost fish-ermen, said Cst. Tracy Wolbeck. Its very tragic and upsetting for everyone involved in the search.

The RCMP dive team was called out but were unable to search due to the strong cur-rent in the water. The RCMP, air services, and search and rescue

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No names have been released.

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An estimated 4.5 million sockeye salmon are returning to the Fraser River system this summer and the run size has fishery managers cautiously optimistic about the survival of the iconic fish.

Granted, its a tiny fraction of the record 30 million sock-eye that returned last year.

But sockeye run on a four-year cycle, so managers arent comparing this run against last year which was the high end of the cycle and was fur-ther amplified by mysteriously favourable ocean conditions.

Instead, Pacific Salmon Commission chief biologist Mike Lapointe notes these salmon are the spawn of the sockeye that migrated back in 2007 a year when less than two million sockeye returned and the fishery was shut down.

That was the start of three years of similarly low returns that led the federal govern-ment to appoint the Cohen Commission to investigate the decline.

The sockeye run is cer-tainly better than forecast, Lapointe said, noting it was expected to be as low as 3.1 million.

To now see more than twice as many sockeye four years

later is pretty positive and might be the beginning of a turnaround for the runs that migrate on this part of the cycle, Lapointe said.

Unlike 2007, this years return has allowed a fishery while ensuring enough salmon get upriver to spawn.

An estimated 1.6 million sockeye have been caught, including 790,000 by aboriginal fisheries, 432,000 by Canadian commercial boats and 265,000 by U.S. fishermen.

A quarter of the incoming sockeye 1.1 million salmon are headed for Harrison Lake.

Its continuing to have really good returns and do its own thing, Lapointe said of Harrison sockeye.

The Cohen Inquiry has heard evidence that the Harrison run spends less time in freshwater and migrates around the west side of Vancouver Island. Most other Fraser-bound sockeye tend to go around the east side

where they pass by fish farms that activists blame for spread-ing disease or parasites.

An estimated 17.5 million pink salmon are also return-ing this year.

Lapointe said increased demand and higher prices for the traditionally lower value salmon has prompted more commercial fishing for them than usual.

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An estimated 1.6 million sockeye have been caught, including 790,000 by aboriginal fisheries, 432,000 by Canadian commercial boats and 265,000 by U.S. fishermen.

Search continues for missing fisherman

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VICTORIA B.C.s private power producers held a news conference here in the capital last week, to plead with the B.C. government not to back down from its target of self-sufficiency in clean energy by 2016.

The review panel looking at BC Hydro rates recommended that one way the utility might save money would be to change the definition of self-sufficiency. Currently that means having enough domestic clean electricity supply even in low water years.

The B.C. Clean Energy Association was supported by University of Victoria climate sci-entist Andrew Weaver, who wants B.C. to continue to develop its unique clean energy resources. That will reduce BC Hydros reli-ance on the open electricity mar-ket, and help to reduce demand for further coal and natural gas generation.

Weaver says people still skepti-cal about climate change should check out the current state of Arctic sea ice. It has retreated drastically again this summer and

may reach an even smaller size than it did in 2007, which was the biggest melt since satellite records became available in 1979. The five great-est ice retreats have been in the past five years. The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data

Centre reported Sept. 6 that both the Northwest Passage through Canadas Arctic and the sea route north of Russia appear to be open.

Another supporter is Judith Sayers, a former chief from Nuu-Chah-Nulth territory on

Vancouver Island, who now teach-es aboriginal law at the University of Victoria. She talked about how a small hydro power project near Port Alberni allowed her people to learn business, with a light foot-print on land recovering from a century of industrial logging. And she said that more than half of the First Nations in B.C. now have some interest in a power project.

Association president Paul Kariya explained how critics, notably the NDPs John Horgan, manipulate rate figures to create an impression that independent power is hugely overpriced.

One out of three proposals never makes it to production. B.C.s sec-ond wind farm, the Dokie project near Chetwynd, went broke, then was taken over and completed by Plutonic Power Corp and General Electric.

Heres an indication of how quickly the clean energy field

is evolving: This year Plutonic merged with Magma Energy Corp., which has geothermal assets in Iceland and Nevada. The merged company, Alterra Power Corp., has backed away from the vast Bute Inlet run-of-river pro-posal on the B.C. coast, but its nearby East Toba and Montrose river generators and the Dokie wind farm have performed better than expected.

The Bute project wont go any-where until the North American power market changes dramati-cally. Currently the market is low, due mainly to an abundance of cheap natural gas and govern-ment-subsidized wind power in the U.S.

Horgan claims private invest-ment is a nefarious scheme to cre-ate a parallel generating system for private profit. That seems to be his key criterion for acceptable small hydro: as long as nobody

makes a profit.Professional environmentalists

claim rivers have been destroyed. Their favourite villain, Ashlu Creek near Squamish, has been running smoothly for nearly two years, its critics silenced. A new run-of-river cluster around Harrison Lake has energized two remote native vil-lages.

Ive seen these things, from con-struction stage to mature opera-tion. If thats your idea of devasta-tion, you should get out more, and acquaint yourself with the history of logging in particular.

And if youre going to insinuate that this is political corruption, as Horgan does, you need a better case than the flimsy one he has presented so far.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Homework for parentsThe carefree days of summer are coming to an end and with the

return to school comes the dreaded homework.What is homework and how much should a child get each day?

These are common questions and are difficult to answer because teachers and parents often differ on homework and its purpose.

Surveys have found many parents are worried that homework eats into family time and getting kids to do it is stressful. Although some parents appreciate the structure homework provides, others think it gets in the way of sports and other activities, and delays bedtime.

Teachers dont agree on the value of homework, either. Some educators view it as a way to extend learning; others see it as impor-tant for mastering skills like math or a new language; and yet others think its a waste of time. How much homework is sent home entirely depends on the teacher as their are no policies on homework at the district or provincial level.

There is, however, a growing consensus that homework shouldnt be just busy work but should help children make connections and deepen their understanding of classroom lessons. For example, colouring a Xeroxed map could be considered busy work but putting together a photo collage or making a diorama could enrich a childs understanding of a country.

Many teachers are moving towards project-based learning, in which students come up with a project of inquiry, such as measuring the value of a local stream, and then study it from all angles. This would be a case where homework is useful as students get to work on a project of their own choosing.

There are many resources for parents but its not always obvious where to go and what to do about this topic. Learn Now BC (www.learnnowbc.ca/services/homeworkhelp.aspx) is one such resource.

But most parents will have to use their best judgement when it comes to homework. If they think the quantity appears to outweigh the quality, it may be time to make a phone call.

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Illiteracy: Canadas inconvenient truthIn Canada, low literacy skills are

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And its the sport Ive been involved with for more than five years the strange hobby Ive been deeply committed to, especially over the last two years since Ive been with Vancouvers Terminal City Rollergirls (TCRG).

Id never played sports before joining roller derby. I hated PE class in school and was far too nervous and lacked the confidence to be on a sports team as a kid.

But roller derby was differ-ent. The fact that it is played on roller skates (not inline skates) piqued my interest, so I joined and soon learned what flat-track roller derby was all about.

For those of you with old school roller derby memories, I would like to point out that todays roller derby is not like it was in the 70s. Theres no elbow-throwing (thats a pen-alty), theres no tripping (also a penalty), and theres no punch-ing or fighting (that would be an expulsion). Roller derby is a legitimate, hard-hitting, full-contact sport consisting of athleticism, strategy and dedi-cation and a whole lot of fun.

Last year I was drafted to the TCRGs Faster Pussycats a frisky team of skaters with serious interests in grammar, arts, computers, math, first aid and potluck dinners. It was the

nerd team, and I fit right in.On the track my name

is Hydro-Jenna Bomb, or H-Bomb for short. Amazombie, Ms. Shell Shockk and Tiki TimeBomb are all on my team. We also have 8-Mean Wheeler, Mary Queen of Shotz, and IonA BeerWagon. In the world of derby, everyone has a nick-

name and thats what youre known as to your team, your coaches and your league.

When I joined the Pussycats in 2010, they had not yet won a TCRG league game. They were always

in last place, always the team that could be beat. During that season (my rookie year on the team) we continued to lose every single league game.

But that didnt matter. We made goals at the beginning of the year, one of which was to win an inter-league game. We succeeded.

This year we made differ-ent goals we wanted to win an intra-league game. Again, we succeeded. The first house team we played and beat was the new, rookie-heavy gang called Public Frenemy. We even shut them out in the first period, a first in TCRG history.

But it didnt stop there. We played and won every game this year leading up to the championship. We were unde-feated and there was a good reason for it. We worked hard for eight months to improve as a team and to perfect our game. With two or three on-skate practices a week, in addition to several off-skate exercises, we built up our skat-

ing skills and our fitness levels. We focussed more on game strategy and how to be smart on the track.

Championship game day arrived this past weekend, on Sept. 10, and we were playing against (will you believe?) rook-ie team Public Frenemy. They too had worked incredibly hard to get to the same spot as us Pussycats. But we werent going to back down.

After winning the team introduction (by audience applause), featuring a spec-tacular and well-synchronized figure-eight movement to the tune of Journeys Dont Stop Believing, and winning the crowds hearts, we won the championship game. We, the Faster Pussycats, who had never won a league game in TCRGs five years of existence until this year, won the cham-pionship trophy. We wanted it, and we deserved it.

In the two years Ive been a Pussycat, never once did my team let one another down. Never once did a teammate disrespect another teammate. Never once did we argue.

We simply worked hard and fought together to earn what was rightfully ours, the Mercury Shield. And just like the Stanley Cup, we each took a turn hoisting it proudly above our heads as we skated around the arena Saturday night. That night, Im sure each of my fellow cats thought about our journey of building a team with zero wins to a team with zero losses.

Going from underdogs to cats with the upper paw sure feels great.

Jenna Hauck is a photojournalist with the Chilliwack Progress

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So it wasnt really a stretch for Erik Stephany, 15, to tackle the tantalizing topic, and wax eloquent for a creative writing contest.

He found out recent-ly he took the top hon-ours in the Langley International Festival Competition, for his piece entitled Culture on a Plate.

Stephany was award-ed a $1,000 prize and a trophy by competition organizers, and the cash prize is going toward his burgeoning magic career and auditions for the Canadas Got Talent show.

In the teens free verse poem, he explains that dinner is a jour-ney where he and his family to experience cul-tures as yet unexplored through the vehicle of different cuisines.

We like to immerse ourselves in other cul-tures to better under-stand people we live with in this world, he says.

The idea for Culture on a Plate just came to him in a flash.

One of my favourite things in the world is food so it seemed to work out perfectly.

Dinner is an activ-ity everyone takes part in, and when his dad

the chef gets out the cookbook, good times prevail.

Mom and dad plan out the weeks menu with a golden list stuck to the fridge, detailing the meals ahead.

Its not only experi-encing the food of dif-ferent culture, its actu-ally getting out there to seek out the special ingredients that make these dishes authentic.

We go to Abbotsford for Indian food and spic-

es, and we enjoy the joy of fishing on the river, he says.

At his house, the Stephanys actually look forward to their left-overs.

But I always finish my plate, he says.

The dinn

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