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Construction crews work on renovating the Chilliwack Health and Housing Contact Centre on Young Road Monday. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

Positive change for Chilliwack vows NDP candidate MacAhonicRobert FreemanThe Progress

Patti MacAhonic, former execu-tive director of the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, won the NDP nomination for election can-didate in the Chilliwack riding Saturday.

We are going to make a positive change in Chilliwack, MacAhonic said, after the ballots were counted, and she was declared the winner over challenger Dennis Adamson.

We are going to have an NDP government, MacAhonic vowed. Were going to work together and make that happen.

This is NDP country, BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix confidently told the crowd of about 200 gathered in the Rotary Hall Theatre at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.

Jennifer FeinbergThe Progress

Renovations have finally started on the new Chilliwack Health and Housing Contact Centre on Young Road.

The plan is to start providing supportive housing as well as health and social services to the communitys most vulnerable by the summer of 2013.

This project is an outcome of tenacious people, said Lee anne Hanson, manager of the Chilliwack Health and Housing Contact Centre, at the Friday afternoon ground-breaking.

Tenacity and collaboration were concepts that came up often in the speeches to explain how the unique state-of-the-art centre came to be.

Every one of you have made this possible, said Hanson to the crowd huddled under a tent in the

parking lot of the construction site on Young Road.

Chilliwack MLA John Les con-gratulated project partners on behalf of the premier and the pro-vincial government. The province

through B.C. Housing kicked in the lions share, including $3.4 million for the building acquisition and renovations, plus $230,000 annually for the housing side of things.

The contact centre will be a very important new component in our community, added Les, as we deal with people who for what-ever reason have fallen out of the mainstream, and find themselves in very disadvantageous circum-stances.

Mayor Sharon Gaetz was exu-berant as she expressed to the crowd how happy she was this day had finally arrived, since every-one had been asking city officials when it would be done.

Well, it starts today! she enthused.

Im just so proud of our town for coming together on this, Gaetz said. There was a time some people thought the contact centre plan had gone off the rails, at one point, but the partners admin-istered CPR, and the project was back on track.

Contact centre renovations finally underway

Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz at Fridays ground breaking cer-emony Friday. JENNIFER FEINBERG/ PROGRESS Continued: CONTACT/ p6

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Patti MacAhonic (right), NDP candidate for Chilliwack is joined by MLA Gwen OMahony and NDP leader Adrian Dix.

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Vikki HopesBlack Press

As Justice William Grist pro-nounced Jesse Blue West guilty of the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Chelsey Acorn, her mom let out a clap and a Yes! in B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack on Monday morning.

Family members supporting Lisa Acorn then cried and hugged one another in relief at the verdict which sees West, 60, receive an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years.

Chelseys cousin, Stacey Laybolt, and her younger sister, Breanna, spoke on behalf of the family outside of the courthouse.

Were very happy that justice has been served Were just glad that this monsters off the street and hes not going to do this to anybody else, Laybolt said.

Breanna said she wanted people to remember her sister as someone who was vibrant, beautiful and just loved life.

Chelsey was reported missing from an Abbotsford foster home on June 10, 2005. Her remains were found April 8, 2006 in a shallow grave near the Carolin Mines exit off the Coquihalla Highway outside of Hope.

She had been buried naked, and an autopsy determined that her skull had been crushed with a large rock sometime in the fall of 2005.

West, a former long-haul trucker from Surrey, and his son, Dustin Moir, now 27, of Mission were charged with her murder in 2007. Both went on trial in November 2009, but Wests proceedings were severed from Moirs two months

later.Moir, who had been in a relation-

ship with Chelsey, was convicted in February 2010 and also received a life sentence.

Both of their trials relied much on evidence gathered during a Mr. Big sting in which undercover police officers posed as members of a criminal organization that hired the pair, individually, to work for them.

West and Moir were shown sepa-rately in undercover footage confess-ing to Chelseys murder in a meeting with the crime boss.

In Wests footage, he told the boss that he killed the teen because she was going to report to police that Moir had sexually assaulted her.

He said the three drove to a wood-ed area, and he dug a deep hole while Chelsey and Moir went for a walk. When they returned, West said he approached Chelsey from behind and strangled her.

The father and son then buried her in the hole, disposed of her clothes and threw into the nearby river the shovel used to dig the hole, West said.

He testified at his trial that his con-fession was a lie so that he could gain favour with the boss. He claimed that his son had killed Chelsey during an argument at a campground over her supposed pregnancy, and his only role was to bury her body.

West also alleged that, despite tes-timony from several witnesses, his relationship with Chelsey was pla-tonic, based only on her involvement with his son.

However, the judge said he found Wests testimony to be disjointed,

Robert FreemanThe Progress

Rural mail delivery in the Chilliwack area is not going to be suspended, both Canada Post and local postal union officials assured The Progress Friday.

What were tyring to do is make sure we can deliver the mail safely, Anick Losier, Canada Posts director of media relations in Ottawa, said Friday.

We never intended to suspend mail deliveries, regardless of what people may have thought, she said.

Peter Butcher, president of local 741 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, agreed.

The mail is not going to be suspended, he said Friday.

But Canada Post would love

to see rural mail boxes replaced by the big community mail boxes, which dont require as many deliv-ery people, he said.

If we lose rural mail box deliv-ery, we will lose jobs across the country, he said.

Ironically, it was a union mem-ber who invented a reaching device so that letter carriers in rural areas can avoid ergonomic injuries from leaning across the passenger seat in left-hand drive (LHD) vehicles to deliver the mail.

The device would also elimi-nate the need for an ergonomic assistant to ride in the passenger seat to reach the mail box without injuries.

Butcher said both the assis-tants and the right-hand drive (RHD) vehicles are paid for by Canada Post. He also said relief

drivers are trained to drive RHD vehicles when the regular driver goes on vacation.

Drivers are not allowed for safety reasons to get out of their vehicles to deliver the mail, he said.

Losier said Canada Post is try-ing to ensure the safety of its employees across Canada, and its asking customers to help in that effort by making certain changes.

She said it may sound silly to ask a customer to raise the height of a mailbox by two inches, but it can make all the difference in terms of ergonomics and prevent-ing injuries from the repetitive action of delivering the mail to hundreds of rural mailboxes five days a week.

We all like our jobs, but (we) dont want to be injured along the

way, she said.Losier said an inspection of

mailboxes in the Chilliwack area found that 450 did not meet safety guidelines, some being too low or leaning away from the street or located in areas almost impos-sible for drivers to park in safely.

She said affected customers should call the number on the notice to reach a one-on-one solu-tion to delivery issues.

However, some residents com-plained about difficulty reaching the local Canada Post representa-tive listed, and others felt threat-ened with suspension of mail delivery, if changes demanded by Canada Post were not made by a certain date. (Canada Post on hot seat for proposed chages to rural mailboxes, Progress, Jan. 15.)

The Chilliwack complaints fol-

low an agreement reached earlier this month by Canada Post and CUPW to conduct an independent ergonomic study of the reaching device.

In areas where the device is already in use, drivers are being asked to complete an opinion sur-vey by Jan. 18 so a consulting firm can write a final report.

Butcher said Chilliwack got 12 of the devices, and drivers with between 13-330 rural mailboxes were offered RHD vehicles or compensation for 2010 or newer LDH vehicles bought for the job.

He agreed with the height requirement of mailboxes to avoid ergonomic injuries, but he said Canada Posts timing of the roll-out in winter was questionable given the frozen ground, espe-cially in the Prairie provinces.

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A 17-year-old Chilliwack girl was in stable condition Saturday after she was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of First Avenue and Charles Street in Chilliwack.

Chilliwack RCMP said the driver of the vehicle, a 71-year-old Chilliwack woman, stopped and remained at the scene of the 6 p.m. accident until police arrived.

The victim was airlift-ed to hospital suffering serious injuries, and was listed in stable con-dition, police said.

A police investigation continues.

Meanwhile, police are reminding pedes-trians to be aware of their surrounding, to use the sidewalk if one is available, to always look both ways before crossing the street and to wear highly visible or light-coloured clothing when walking at night.

Chilliwack teen hit by car in stable conditionYoung woman airlifted to hospital with serious injuries

Mail box changes about safety: Canada Post

Jesse West guilty of first-degree murder

Lisa Acorn (middle), the mom of murdered teen Chelsey Acorn, and daughter Breanna (left) talk to Crown coun-sel Carolyn Kramer outside the Chilliwack courthouse following the conviction of Jesse Blue West on Monday.

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More than a dozen reports of counter-feit U.S. currency have been made in the Chilliwack area in the past two weeks, Chilliwack RCMP say.

Counterfeit U.S. $20, $50 and $100 bills are surfacing at local merchants, RCMP Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth said.

Cross Countr y Grocers in Rosedale, the On The Way Store on Chilliwack Lake Road, the M&M Meat Shop and nine different stores at the Chilliwack Mall and Cottonwood Mall have all fallen vic-tim, she said.

The counterfeit bills are being printed on computer paper, and

are slightly larger than legitimate U.S. curren-cy, police say.

In one case, the sU.S.pect was described as a man in his early 20s, possibly associated with a grey European car similar to a BMW.

To determine if cur-rency is counterfeit, police are issuing these tips:

- Feel the texture. Genuine currency has slightly raised ink that is produced in the print-ing process. You should be able to feel the tex-ture of this ink.

- Check for flatness or lack of detail. Look for blurry areas, especially in fine details around the borders. Real bills have clear, unbroken borders.

- Look for coloured red and blue fibres embedded in the paper. Counterfeiters some-times try to reproduce these fibres by printing or drawing them onto

the paper.- Look at the serial

numbers. Fake bills may have serial num-bers that are not even-ly spaced or that are not perfectly aligned in a row. If you have two bills with the same serial number, they are counterfeit.

Police are ask-ing merchants to pay close attention to any U.S. bills, and to call the Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 right away if they sU.S.pect a per-son is trying to pass a counterfeit bill.


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improbable and inconsistent. Grist said all the wit-nesses were credible and he believed that West had been in a sexual relationship with the teen.

Grist said despite inconsistencies in Wests reports of the murder, he said he had no doubt that he was guilty of killing Chelsey and that it was planned and deliberate.

Following Wests conviction, Laybolt said that she hopes something is learned from the death of Chelsey, who had been described as a troubled teen.

She could be an example so this doesnt happen again. If we could do something as a society to help these children, instead of judging them, that would be worth it.

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The Foundation Skills Assessment(FSA) is a set of annual provincial tests given to Grade 4 and 7 students in reading comprehension, writing, and numeracy. These tests do not count toward your childs marks nor do the results actively support your childs learning.

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Friday, Jan. 25, 2013The Trauma Stewardship Institute is committed to raising awareness and responding to the cumulative toll on those who are exposed to the suffering, hardship, crisis, or trauma of humans, living beings, or the planet itself.Our daily lives are lled with witnessing trauma and suffering. As a community member, front line worker, professional, or caregiver, do you nd you: are anxious or nervous for no apparent reason? worry about things that have not happened? have sleepless nights? are drained by daily interactions? avoid conversations due to fear? feel overwhelmed? forget or feel you dont deserve to take care of yourself?Then this is a day you must experience!Laura van Dernoot Lipsky will offer a compelling mix of personal insight, cutting edge research, and humor to help us understand the cumulative toll of being exposed to suffering over time and gain concrete skills to reconcile it.Participants are welcome from all professional disciplines and life circumstances.We are pleased to offer Continuing Education Credit for those who request it: CEUs for all disciplines(i.e. legal, medical, social work, etc.)

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The mayor recalled the stra-tegic plan that emerged from 75 stakeholder groups coming together in 2009 as part of a network of Chilliwack Healthier Communities. The aim was to find a way to deal with the social disintegration agencies were not-ing at street level downtown in an integrated way, with wrap-around services offered at one site.

The desperate need for men-tal health, addiction and housing services predominated.

And this project that were putting forward to the communi-ty has all of those components, said Gaetz.

Homelessness, and the poten-tial of effective treatment of vul-nerable populations in a commu-nity setting, was zeroed in on by Andy Libbiter, acting executive director of Mental Health and Substance Use for Fraser Health.

Fraser Health will offer key resources including a nurse prac-titioner, physician support and a medical office assistant, to a mental health case worker and more.

One of the single largest

challenges we face in a modern society is homelessness. As we know, the cost to both individu-als and society in general is very high, Libbiter said.

Its therefore an area very deserving of our collective attention.

The evidence is clear that effective treatment of homeless people or those at risk requires comprehensive, integrated, and client-centred services, as well as stable and affordable housing, added Libbiter.

When the building upgrades are complete, the two-storey for-mer hotel building will provide supportive apartments for 22 homeless people, or those at risk of being homeless.

Theres such a strong need for this project and great community support, said Cynthia Admiraal, president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board.

She noted the broad level of community buy-in that it took to make the contact centre idea happen, and said her board was cognizant of it as well.

The contact centre will be run by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS), at 8583 Young

Road, with a range of commu-nity support services delivered by both PCRS and Fraser Health. Project proponents, and fund-ing partners included the B.C Government and B.C. Housing, as well as City of Chilliwack, PCRS, Fraser Health, the Real Estate Foundation of B.C.

The City of Chilliwack chipped in $500,000 while PCRS will con-tribute $100,000 in equity toward the project.

The Real Estate Foundation of B.C. has offered $50,000, while Fraser Health will contribute $33,000 in annual operational funding for the residential com-ponent and $25,000 annually for three years for operating costs.

Fraser Health also will make significant contributions through primary-care, mental-health and substance-use services provided on-site.

Renovations in the next few months on the old Days Inn motel building will include life and safety upgrades to the exist-ing structure and the addition of small kitchens to create self-contained studio apartments.

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Those were the same words Dix used a little over a year ago when Gwen OMahony was nominated the NDP candidate in Chilliwack-Hope and went on to win an upset byelection victory, breaking the BC Liberals long hold on that riding.

Dix said OMahony has made a significant contribution to the NDP caucus since becoming an MLA, and both she and MacAhonic will make an extraordinary team of candidates to carry the NDP banner in the next provincial election.

Its going to be a satisfying day in May, he said, when two NDP MLAs, both women, are elected in the two Chilliwack ridings.

OMahony, now the NDPs skills training crit-ic, called on party members from both ridings to

work together to elect MacAhonic because her Chilliwack-Hope constituency office is incred-ibly busy answering calls from the Chilliwack riding.

I need the help, she said. We need to get Patti MacAhonic elected.

As candidate, MacAhonic said her Job-One will be putting together a strong campaign com-mittee as she takes on the challenge of winning the traditionally conservative riding.

But she acknowledged her under dog status saying, Ive been the underdog many times and many times Ive beaten the odd odds I thrive on challenge and she committed herself to building a stronger future for the people of Chilliwack.

As an underdog, you can do remarkable things, she said. You can make a lasting dif-ference.

T h e B C Conservatives are look-ing for more election candidate nominations in the Chilliwack-Hope riding.

At present, the con-stituency associations candidate search com-mittee has received one application and several expressions of interest from local members of the business and arts communities, the asso-ciation said in a Monday news release.

Rosedale resident Michael Henshall has submitted his nomina-tion package, the asso-ciation said, and is encouraging others to join him in signing up new members.

He firmly believes that jobs and young people are leaving B.C. for greener pastures and is determined to reverse the trend, the association said in the news release.

Candidate nomi-nation packages will be accepted until Jan. 31, and voting will take place at a Feb. 9 nomination meeting to elect a candidate in the Chilliwack-Hope riding.

Nomination forms are available at chwk.hope.BCCP@gmail .com

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BC Liberals are host-ing a Womens Dialogue with Premier Christy Clark Thursday in Chilliwack.

But outgoing Chilliwack MLA John Les says it doesnt mean a battle is shaping up for the female vote in the rid-ing, despite comments made by BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix at Saturdays nomination meet-ing where Patti MacAhonic was elected candidate.

No, I dont think so, Les said, about a contest in Chilliwack for the female vote. The Premier has been doing

these around the province. This certainly isnt the first one.

I think its something we havent done before, obvious-ly, he added. Im mindful of the fact the polls are telling us theres a demographic there we need to connect with.

Both MacAhonic and Gwen OMahony, the NDP MLA elected in a byelection in Chilliwack-Hope last April, have been exhorting party members to make history in the May 14, 2013 general election by winning the two Chilliwack ridings long held by the BC Liberals and to win them with female candi-

dates.Dix told the Saturday nomi-

nation crowd that its going to be a satisfying day in May when two dynamic, coura-geous women are elected in the two Chilliwack ridings.

But Les called Dixs victory prediction premature because you will find not only will Patti MacAhonic not be elected, but Gwen OMahony will lose her seat.

It would be astonishing beyond belief if Chilliwack of all places returns one NDP MLA, never mind elects two in the general election, he said.

Les is not running for re-election in the Chilliwack

riding. John Martin is taking his place as the BC Liberal candidate in the riding. Laurie Throness is the BC Liberal candidate in Chilliwack-Hope.

The Jan. 24 event with Premier Clark is being held in the Rosedale Room at the Coast Chilliwack Hotel on First Avenue.

Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. and guests are asked to RSVP by 3 p.m. Jan. 22. by email at [email protected] or by calling 604-702-5214.

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Last week, CKNW host Bill Good interviewed Judith Adler, associate professor of sociol-ogy at Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland. She told an anecdote in which she gave her second-year sociology students a basic geography test. It was really elementary. They had to identify the continents on a blank map of the world.

The majority failed. Some cir-cled South America when asked to circle Africa. Or they put the Canadian Arctic at the South Pole. Adler started out by asking students to identify countries (a bit more challenging), then sim-plified it by asking them to circle continents.

How did the education system fail them so badly?

I remember another test done with students in the U.S. They were asked to identify their own country on a blank world map. 20

per cent failed.Why?How can students graduate

and be accepted into universi-ty yet lack such basic knowl-

edge? When my kids were in school, world maps and globes were standard props in class. In our digital world when events are instantly reported, how can students not know where things are hap-pening or where,

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surfaced last year also rattled educators. This was in the U.S. but theres an underlining link here to the problem Adler (and apparently other professors across Canada) has encountered.

Teachers in Indiana no longer

have to teach handwriting but can replace it with instruction in typing. In fact, Indiana joined a growing list of states focusing solely on digital education, side-lining handwriting in the process.

In 2010, 44 states in the U.S. adopted a set of national cur-riculum guidelines (the Common Core State Standards) that emphasized teaching keyboard skills. It seems that teaching handwriting has tumbled down the priority list perhaps the same way that teaching elementary geography has been squeezed by the pressure to teach other skills and knowledge.

Why would you not teach something as essential as hand-writing? How will students know how to sign their own names, fill in an application form or write a grocery list? OK, scratch the last one. Text-happy, thumb-centric teens and parents can tap that list into their iPhones.

The loss of the knowledge of handwriting will mean the loss of a fragment of culture. If our future world is only digital text, how will students not familiar with handwriting read historical documents? How will they under-stand the development of litera-ture and communication?

With the loss of handwrit-ing will go a critical element in the process by which children learn. According to neuroscien-tists, handwriting is more impor-tant than the mere mechanics of being able to write. It con-nects students with the familiar-ity of letters, develops fine motor skills, and reinforces recognition and coordination. Handwriting helps their overall learning.

An experiment was done with adults who were tasked with learning a foreign alphabet. One group learned the characters by hand and the other group learned them on a computer screen

using a keyboard. Weeks later, the group that learned by hand scored consistently better in rec-ognition tests than the computer group. Brain scans showed that the hands-on group had a great deal more activity in the part of the brain controlling language comprehension, motor-related processes and gestures related to speech.

Should we really be endorsing a world in which North American kids cant read a map, cant find where they live in the world, and dont know how to sign their name?

No matter how technological our world is, a thorough ground-ing in the basics of education should never be short-changed. Students need to understand the world they live in, their place in that world, and their ability to effectively communicate within it.

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Back in business The NHL is back in business.After five months of sportscasts that sounded more like busi-

ness reports as owners and players argued their cases for the protracted labour dispute that kept arenas dark, teams returned to the ice for a truncated season that began on Saturday.

Some teams are trying to make amends, to salve the wounds that three difficult lockouts in 19 years have wrought on ticket-buying fans. The Vancouver Canucks are cutting prices at their concessions and giving away the jerseys their players will wear in their home opener. The Edmonton Oilers held their first practice on a frozen pond, using Twitter and Facebook to alert fans.

Canadians generally, and hockey fans in particular, are pretty forgiving. Its likely the arenas in the NHLs six Canadian cities will be just as full and noisy had the season been at its proper midway point. Those who cant get a ticket, or afford one, will be tuned in to Hockey Night in Canada, a Saturday night TV tradi-tion for more than 60 years.

By the time the race for the Stanley Cup playoffs heats up in earnest, say in two weeks, most fans will probably have forgotten there was a lockout in the first place. Especially in Toronto. After all, their team might already have been out of it had the season started on schedule last October.

Its hard for the average working person to relate to a labour dispute between billionaire owners and employees who earn millions of dollars. There were never any picket lines set up out-side those glittering arenas, many of them built with help from taxpayer money. Locked-out players never huddled around fire barrels to stay warm, worrying about how their strike pay will cover the rent.

Perhaps both sides should pause and think about that the next time they threaten to put hockey on hold.

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fish debate in Chilliwack (The Progress, Tuesday January 15)

Net-pen salmon farmers prob-lem is not that the public have not seen the farms, but that we have not seen good faith from the industry.

Yes information about the health of our fish has been avail-able to the public since 2003, but characterizing annual reports as specific is misleading. On page 18, Vol. 3 of his report Justice

Cohen wrote In the past, the public and non-government/ non-industry scientists have not been given access to the raw data in the fish health database. ... A salmon-farming industry repre-sentative told me that the public has never had access to the kind of information that was made available during this Inquiry.

Referencing Cohens report, Mr Warkentin claimed no evi-dence [of] link between salmon farms and sockeye returns. Yet

on page 25, Vol 3 Justice Cohen reported In summary, I have concluded that net-pen salmon farming in the Discovery Islands poses a risk of serious harm to Fraser River sockeye through the transfer of diseases and pathogens.

Farmed salmon can never replace ecosystem benefits pro-vided by wild B.C. salmon. Trust is gone. Net-pen fish farms need to follow.

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Sometime ago you published my letter outlining my concerns about people failing to stop for school buses. This morning my wife witnessed a near miss where a driver almost killed a young lad who is in Grade 1 or 2.

Does it need to result

in a death of a child before you start obey-ing the law?

Is our RCMP address-ing this situation?

I have personally confronted some people who have ignored the school bus lights and will continue to do so. I will be taking pictures

of you and submitting them to the RCMP.

I drop my daughter off every morning to catch a bus at the front of Prospera Centre and see people ignoring the lights every single day!

People, please, please, please stop for the buses.

If you kill a child by failing to stop for a school bus I hope they charge you with man-slaughter and throw you in jail.

Will you only regret your decision to ignore school bus lights then?

John Koopman

Regarding the front page article from Thursday Jan 17 (Canada Post on hot seat for proposed changes to rural mail boxes).

I live in Yarrow and we were informed from Canada Post in late summer to do the exact thing as they are asking on Chilliwack Central. We kind of ignored it

and then they sent a final notice of stopped service. I immediately changed my mailbox to their specifications and then when I contacted Canada Post they were extremely easy to deal with. It is not outrageous to think that the letter carriers should have a safe way to deliver your mail. In fact, we are fortunate to still

get mail service directly to our house. Most people have to go to a community mailbox. Yes the ground is frozen now but in your article it said the Canada Post has already backed off until the spring. I think Diane Paterson should suck it up and just fix the problem. No sympathy here.

Norm Boehr

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Teenagers want to have input Why is it that soci-

ety gives teenagers so much responsibil-ity yet so little credit? We are seen as angry, rude, inconvenient, an expense to the commu-nity, as well as incapable of making decisions. However, one day the community is going to be ours to take care of and live in.

I believe that our municipal government

should be trying to reach out and teach us, as well as listen to what we have to say. If we are not educated about our community and what is happening in it, how can we bring about change for the better?

Now, I know you may be thinking, their generation doesnt care, they are privileged and entitled kids who dont understand how to

make decisions. Well, thats not entirely true; we have many innova-tive ideas that are not shaped by what has always been.

One example of a way to teach us and hear our voices, would be to set up a system where we could vote. To make it successful, the votes couldnt just be fake or the same as the real vote. The

idea would be to have us vote on things that make an impact on our lives at this moment.

Without educating us and getting us as teen-agers involved in the decisions of our com-munity, how can you as community leaders expect, the community to prosper in the future?

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The unique cafe is tailor-ing its offerings with the autumnal foods that both warm the heart and satisfy the soul.

But innovation is noth-ing new at Harvest Store and Cafe. The business cre-ated a stir when it opened in May, not just because of its food, but because of its unique ensemble of home decor and interior stylings.

Harvest traces it lineage back to the successful Objekts, which operated on Wellington for years. When owners Ron Romeyn and Kevin Klassen decided to relocate to Mill Street, they also decided to rein-vent their business.

Their inspiration came from a recent trip to New York where they toured ABC Carpet and Home. That Manhattan institution successfully pairs 10 floors of home furnishings with an awarding winning res-taurant.

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Chez Moon opens with style, downtownStepping out for a special evening and want to look

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He recently opened a new hair salon Chez Moon in downtown Chilliwack. The shop is clean and mod-ern, with the warmth of wood thats countered by the edgy coolness of chrome.

The interior was designed by a friend originally from Montreal (thats where the Chez comes from.)

Together, Leon and his wife, Moon (thats where the Moon comes from) are bringing more than 14 years of hair design experience to the downtown.

Its a full service salon, offering expert colour advice, treatments and, of course, the latest styles.

But one area he plans to focus on are up dos. Leon explains the technique is a simple way to add elegance and sophistication to any style. Think Audrey Hepburn.

An up do doesnt take long, he says, but the results are dramatic.

Its a way to turn the ordinary into extraordinary, adding a modern twist to the retro look thats been so popular since the television series Mad Men began earning accolades.

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Leon had been looking for a salon location near Vancouver. But when a friend told him about Chilliwack, he decided to set up shop here.

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Hes been practising his profession for about five years. But in September he and friend Gary Dragomir who shares his passion for the art decided to open their own studio.

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When customers walk into the Spadina Avenue shop, theres no doubt what business theyre walking into. But thats the way the two friends like it.

We consider ourselves tattoo geeks, Craig says with a laugh. Even when theyre not at work, theyre talking about ideas, exploring new images, drafting new concepts.

The walls of the shop are decorated with designs most of them form Craigs own pen. The rest are from artists he knows and respects.

That dedication helped earn C&G a loyal client base even before it opened in September. Its a confi-dence Craig appreciates and works hard to maintain.

He works with his customers, who bring him their ideas that he helps craft into reality. Many have come to trust his judgement, saying simply, I have this empty space on my arm, Craig says.

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A new group is striving to have a public art policy included in the City of Chilliwacks Official Community Plan.

Calling itself, There 4 Art, the ad hoc group has strong support from the local art community and members of the Chilliwack Visual Artists Association.

Having a public art policy adopted by the city would make it official, said Sylvie Roussel-Janssens, a local artist and spokesperson for There 4 Art. It would be a statement that they endorse the concept.

Public art, like the Piper Richardson statue in front of the Chilliwack Museum for example, can foster a sense of com-munity and public pride.

It can create a sense of beauty in the city, a sense of being involved and caring about where we live, she said.

There 4 Art has met about four times so far, and theyre at the stage where

theyre encouraging friends, fellow art-ists and the community to write letters to elected city officials expressing their views about public art.

They could describe an example of some great public art they saw on a trip, she said.

Roussel-Janssens has posted some images from sites around the world on the Facebook page, Life in the Wack, and has been getting some positive reactions.

Were not there to reinvent the wheel. So many models already exist elsewhere in the province as to how to do this, she said.

Theyve recently narrowed their mission statement to the following: Lobbying the City of Chilliwack to incorporate public art into the Official Community Plan.

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This quote echoes the sentiment of the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C, especially in Chilliwack.

Volunteers are a treasured resource that allow the Society to provide a range of free services for families dealing with Alzheimers disease and other demen-tias.

Volunteers help the Society with everything from making phone calls to caregivers to facilitating support groups.

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The need locally right now is for vol-unteers who can facilitate a local support group which meets each month.

The group is based on the philosophy that people with similar issues are in a unique position to offer support to oth-ers on the same journey. The objective is to strengthen the coping abilities of caregivers and people with early symp-toms of dementia, and reduce the impact of dementia on the community.

The position has a few basic require-ments: Excellent listening and empathetic skills. Knowledge of dementia or a willing-ness to learn. Facilitation skills or a willingness to learn. Formal or informal caregiving an asset.

Training is provided, and a one-year commitment is required.

The work is very rewarding, says Gail Johnson, who volunteers locally as a support group facilitator.

Volunteering has given me the feel-ing that I can do something very positive in the midst of the difficult journey of dementia. I often feel I get far more back in return than I give.

Caregivers who work with the volun-teers can vouch for the positive impact on their lives.

It is very challenging to even know where to begin, says Armande Klapprat, who provides care locally.

The Alzheimer Society not only opened doors for me, it gave me a new lease on life. I am no longer a lonely traveller but have connected with others with similar experiences and continue to learn on my journey.

For more information on the volun-teer positions, contact Armit at 604-702-4603 or [email protected].


Theyre two Chilliwack kids keen on helping those with Alzheimers disease and other dementias.

Everett Rutter, 8, and Campbell Pitkethy, 10, have pledged to do all they possibly can to raise funds this month for the Alzheimer Society of BC.

They were greeting shop-pers at Cottonwood Mall last Friday night, sharing details about the Investors Group Indoor Walk for Memories from an information booth.

This year the Walk for Memories is slated for Jan. 27 at the Landing Sports Centre in Chilliwack. Funds go to sup-port research for a cure, as well as services and support.

More than 70,000 British Columbians are dealing Alzheimers or dementia, and 10,000 of those people are under the age of 65. And theres more to come, as baby boomers enter the golden years.

The more a family knows and learns about Alzheimers,

including children, the easier it is to dissipate the awkward-ness, fear and stigma we find around the disease, says Jillian Armit, of the areas Alzheimer Society.

The annual theme for the 2013 event is Im still me, underlining that the person who is suffering is not their disease. The goal is eliminat-ing the stigma that surrounds the condition.

There are some really incredible people coming to the forefront who are willing to talk about what theyre going through. The message is Im still me. That helps people understand that its all about maintaining quality of life.

Everett Rutter says he was inspired to get involved because of fundraising efforts

by his brother, Gavin, who was originally inspired by Campbell Pitkethy, 10.

Everetts campaign for this year is in honour of his great-grandmother, Frances.

Shes kind of confused. She can talk, but not in full sen-tences, he says.

Everett is filmed on video talking about his dear relative and the plight of dementia on the website.

When I grow up I want to have a world without Alzheimers, Everett says.

In Campbells situation, her beloved Papa Don was diag-nosed with Alzheimers when he was only 60 years old.

This is her fourth year of fundraising for the Walk. She plans to show the video she made about the disease at an

upcoming school assembly in front of 600 kids.

Campbell is hoping to raise an impressive total of $5,000, with the help of her school-mates and a friend whose grandparent also struggles with Alzheimers.

Since the 10-year-old loves to make healthy smoothies, when people donate to the cause, she offers recipes on her website for her favourite smoothies, which she calls Brain Freezies.

Participants in the indoor Walk for Memories can sit, stand or stroll at the indoor event on Jan. 27 with registra-tion starting at 1 p.m. The walk runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Landing Sports Centre. This years honoree, Vi Hoyt, and her family will be on-hand during the walk.

Register at www.walkformeo-ries.com. Funds provide servic-es and support for people with Alzheimers disease and other dementias, as well as research for causes and the cure. Both youth volunteers have websites at www.brainfreezies.ca or www.helpmakememories.com as well as www.alzheimerbc.

Demand prompts call for Alzheimer volunteers

Young people hope upcoming walk is step toward cure for Alzheimers

When I grow up I want to have a world without Alzheimers

~ Everett Rutter

including children, the easier by his brother, Gavin, who was

Campbell Pitkethly, 10, and Everett Ritter, 8, are taking part in the Walk for Memories to help raise money for Alzheimers disease. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS


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