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10T U E S D A Y October 29, 2013
N E W S , S P O R T S , W E A T H E R & E N T E R T A I N M E N T
INSIDE: Dignity camp a step closer to reality Pg. 3
ROCHELLE BAKER
The roadside memor ial toAbbotsford toddler Alexcia
McKamey is ever growing.A pink umbrella shelters a portrait
of the blue-eyed baby girl dressedin a flower headband and match-ing tutu.
A pile of plush toys, favouriteplaythings and half a dozen pairsof sunglasses are piled at the base ofwhite cross adorned with balloonsand bouquets of flowers.
Families traversing Discovery Trailalong Maclure Road stop in the fallsunshine to wonder what happenedto the smiling toddler pictured inthe photographs at the site.
They are not alone.Alexcia’s mother Jacqueline is also
still waiting to learn how and whyher 14-month-old daughter died onSept. 20 in Chilliwack.
Foul play is suspected in the deathof the baby girl and the IntegratedHomicide Investigation Team (IHIT)is investigating.
The night Alexcia died, RCMPwere called to a home in the Prom-ontory area of Chilliwack, wherethey found an infant in medicaldistress.
Alexcia was taken to hospital but
attempts to revive her were unsuc-cessful.
Autopsy results are still pending.But the wait is killing Jacqueline,
who wasn’t even able to see Alexciauntil seven days after her death.
“That’s the hardest part of it,” saysthe young mother, who adds the
nights are hardest to bear.“I have a million and one ques-
tions and what ifs.“I need to know, so I can stop
wondering if there’s something Icould have done.”
Memorial grows as mother grievesStill no answersin death ofAlexcia McKamey
– BROOKE MCKAMEY/FOR ABBOTSFORD TIMES
Jacqueline McKamey spends hours each day grieving at her 14-month-old daughter Alexcia’s memorial site in Abbotsford. She still doesn’tknow what happened to her baby whose death is being investigated by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. For more photos of Alexciaand her memorial, download the Layar app onto your smartphone and scan the logo on the right side of this page.
see GRIEF, page A4
ROCHELLE BAKER
Abbotsford homeowners may befacing a tax hike of under half a
per cent in 2014.Preliminary figures suggest resi-
dential taxpayers could be facing atax increase of 0.4 per cent, accord-ing city council budget meetingsheld on Thursday.
Homeowners of a typical housevalued at $400,000 would pay anextra $9 a year in property taxes plusa scheduled five per cent increase insewer user fees for capital works, or$13, resulting in a total increase of0.8 per cent, or a total of $22.
Most residents won’t be facingany new increases to water, solidwaste, or urban storm drainagefees in 2014.
However, for rural properties onthe city’s west side, waste fees willincrease over the next two years
from $192 to $204 in 2014, andanother $16, to $220 in 2015, tobring the costs in line with urbansolid waste pickup fees.
In 2014, based on an average 330cubic metres of water consumed, atypical home will pay $379 in water
fees and $274 in sewer for a total billof $653, up from $640 in 2013.
In comparison, Mission residentspaid an average of $819 in waterand sewer fees in 2013.
Homeowners in Langley Town-ship paid $798 for water and sewer,while Chilliwack homeowners paid$555 for the services.
2014 budget calls for less than one per cent tax increaseTotal increase for average Abbotsford homeownermay be less than the price of a night out at the movies
see BUDGET, page A6
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THE TIMES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 ❘ NEWS ❘ A3
TERRY FARRELL
I t took a while for those nearbyto warm up to the idea, but oncethey did, the event was a suc-
cess.The Grade 10 leadership class from
Yale Secondary hosted a barbecue forthe homeless and other disadvan-taged Abbotsford residents in JubileePark on Friday.
The students set up a barbecue andhad smokies, with all the trimmings,and even cupcakes for dessert, foranyone who wanted to partake.
The timing, although coincidental,was perfect.
Planning for the event, includingthe date, began in September, butthere was a homeless protest goingon at the park all week, so the stu-dents had a captive audience.
Lorry Mackay, one of the studentswho organized the event, said it wasa gratifying experience.
“We wanted to help our communityout, so we took a vote on some dif-ferent community services we coulddo, and a big group wanted to do abarbecue for the less fortunate in ourcommunity,” she said.
The plight of the homeless in andaround Abbotsford has been in themedia spotlight throughout the sum-
mer and into the fall. Mackay saidthat exposure brought the issue tolight for the students.
“That had a lot to do with it, hon-estly,” she said. “We drove around andsaw how many people there are, justhanging around, without really hav-ing a place to go and looking hungry,so we thought we could help outwith that.”
Help out they did. Once those in
the park realized there was nothingmore than empathy towards theirsituation at play, they began huddlingaround the tables, lining up for theirfree lunch.
There was a bit of a lull when theAbbotsford Police Department bikesquad showed up, but once the offi-cers pedaled away, the barbecueguests resumed their consumption.
Dozens of recipients took advan-
tage of the goodwill gesture.Mackay said the afternoon offered
her and her crew a different perspec-tive of those in need.
“We were are all a little scared tocome because we weren’t sure howthey would treat us, but they are hon-estly some of the nicest people wehave met,” she said. “They are justso grateful and thankful. It’s a greatfeeling.”
Upfront
CHRISTINA TOTH
The possibility of a dignity campfor the homeless in Abbotsfordis edging closer to reality,
according to an advocate.“We have a site on 10 acres . . .
that’s been offered by a well-knownlocal family and business,” said WardDraper, a pastor with the street-out-reach mission, 5& 2 Ministries.
“If it all comestogether, it couldbe the first sanc-tioned dignitycamp in all ofCanada.”
The outspokena n d u n o r t h o -dox pastor hassupported andadvocated forhomeless residents for nine years.
After watching the ongoing tensionrise and fall between the men andwomen living in camps or doorwaysand local authorities, businesses andresidents during that time, Draperraised the concept of a ‘dignity vil-lage,’ based on one that was estab-lished about 13 years ago in Portland,Oregon.
He pitched the idea again when the
City of Abbotsford gained interna-tional notoriety in June for dumpingchicken manure on a small road-side camp that was across the streetfrom the Salvation Army’s Centre ofHope.
The squatters moved a few metresaway, but two months later, the cityforced them to leave that site, citingsanitary concerns. The campers, withthe help of Draper and others at 5 & 2
Ministries, movedback to the originalcamp.
N o w, s e v e r a lpieces are quicklycoming togetherthat could make adignity village hap-pen, he said.
While he wouldnot yet name thedonor, Draper saidthe site being made
available for a possible sanctionedcamp is about three kilometres awayfrom Gladys Avenue, in a residentialbut isolated area.
It would provide a place for home-less individuals to live in temporaryshelters without fear of chased awayby city crews or having their meagerbelongings confiscated by authoritiesand thrown away.
Twenty to 30 people, about one-
third of the city’s known homelesspopulation, could participate, hesaid.
The site wouldh a v e t o i l e t sand temporarystructures, whichhave also beenoffered to 5 &2 Ministries forthe cause. Theseinclude severalBi g St e e l B oxcontainers andDREAM micro-s h e l t e r s ( s e eTimes, Tempo-rary shelters for homeless, Oct. 17).
To date, there are $4,000 in pledgesto help build the DREAM shelters,Draper said.
He envisions the site would alsoinclude a ‘community centre,’ wheremedical and social services wouldbe offered right in the campers’ frontyard.
Several local service agencies havelong discussed establishing such acommunity hub for marginalizedpeople, he said.
“We could have the women’sresource society come, Fraser Healthto do testing and education, VibrantAbbotsford talk about healthy eatingand so on. It’s presenting a new table
to serve,” said the pastor.Camp residents could also set up
social enterprises, “to use their skills,to make money,to fund the proj-ect and to make itself-sustaining,”he said.
While it wouldbe ideal to havea s t a b l e c a m pfor the homeless,the idea is that itwould be a “tran-sitional step in along-term plan forhousing, because
having a refugee camp in a wealthynation is unacceptable.”
Draper is discussing details withthe property owner, and with the cityabout how the village could be sanc-tioned, perhaps with a temporaryzoning variance.
“That would give us some breath-ing room to come up with long-term,permanent, affordable housing. Itcould take five yeas or so,” he said.
Draper is optimistic the projectcould happen.
“With the pressure on the city, andnational attention, they’ve got to bea little more flexible,” said Draper.“We’ve got the climate for this finally.We’ve got to keep pushing.”
‘Dignity Village’ for homeless one step closer to reality
TERRY FARRELL/TIMES
The Grade 10 Leadership Club at Yale Secondary held a free barbecue for the impoverished and homeless of Abbotsford onFriday at Jubilee Park. The teens hosted a steady stream of grateful recipients throughout the afternoon.
What’sLayaredintoday’spaper
Page 1-A mother struggles
to come to grips withthe loss of her daugh-ter. See more photos ofthe memorial for AlexciaMcKamey.
Page 10-11Halloween is just
around the corner. Timesreporter Rochelle Bakerwas snapping shots allaround Abbotsford andMission over the week-end. See more photos.
Page 12Robert Bateman Tim-
berwolves ran roughshodover Langley in highschool football action.See more photos.
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“We have a site on 10 acres . . .that’s been offered by a well-known local family and busi-ness. If it all comes together,it could be the first sanctioneddignity camp in all of Canada.”
– Ward Draper, 5 & 2 Ministries
“We could have the women’sresource society come, FraserHealth to do testing and educa-tion, Vibrant Abbotsford talkabout healthy eating and so on.It’s presenting a new table toserve.”
– Ward Draper 5 & 2 Ministries
A4 ❘ NEWS ❘ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 THE TIMES
Jacqueline’s been told shewon’t get all the answers untilthe end of November.
The last time Jacquelinesaw her daughter was whenAlexcia left for a scheduledvisit with her biologicalfather. IHIT arrested andsubsequently released a manthe night of Alexcia’s deathbut did not identify him. Nocharged have been laid inthe case.
In the meantime, Jacque-line is left to attend to herdaughter’s memorial site,often for hours a day.
“It’s a place I go to grieve,so I can try to remember thehappy memories at home,”she says. Alexcia, who wasalways full of smiles, had thebluest eyes, she said.
“People used to stop us onthe street and at the super-market to look at them,”recalls Jacqueline.
The little girl also loved todance to country music onthe radio and had a penchantfor eyewear.
“She loved sunglasses.She’d be wearing hers butshe’d still steal them off otherpeople’s faces.”
Spending time at Alexcia’smemorial until she can gether daughter’s remains pro-vides Jacqueline with somesmall measure of solace.
She and Alexcia’s stepfatherSean often stay until dusk
when the candles light up thelittle girl’s portraits and toys.
She is moved that so manypeople have left mementos atthe site for her little girl.
“It helps to know manylives Alexcia touched.”
Memorial is a placefor mother to grieveGRIEF, from page A1
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The total 2014 utility feebill for the typical Abbotsfordhomeowner that includessolid waste, water, sewerand storm drainage will beapproximately $963.
The combined total billfor property taxes and utili-ties for a typical Abbotsfordhome will be approximately$4,017 in 2014.
In 2013, Abbotsford had theeighth lowest bill for com-bined taxes and charges outof 23 B.C. cities with a popu-lation of more than 35,000people.
Chilliwack homeownershad the lowest combined billof approximately $3,200 in2013.
Other cities with a taxbills moderately lower thanAbbotsford were Kelowna,Kamloops, Sannich, LangleyTownship and Maple Ridge.
Council was originally wasaiming for a zero percent tax
increase in 2014.City hall was able to secure
a cut of 0.29 per cent to themunicipal tax in the pro-posed 2014 budget throughstaff restructuring and staffcuts, non-core service reduc-tions and some tax assess-ment changes.
However, that gain wasoffset by a .58 per centincrease in municipal taxfor Abbotsford Police and a.15 per cent tax increase as aresult of a levy from the Fra-ser Valley Regional Library.
This has resulted in the.44 per cent residential taxincrease homeowners arefacing for 2014.
Abbotsford Police ChiefBob Rich told council Thurs-day that the police requestof a 1.3 per cent fundingincrease to the APD budgetwas simply to keep up withinflation and growth.
The APD committed in2013 to not ask for an increasein staff for three years, said
Rich. That request includedreducing the APD budget by$170,000 and by reducingfour police officer positionson the force and one civilianposition through attrition.
Rich saidt h a t i f t h ecity remainedc o m m i t t e dto a zero taxincrease, theAPD wouldhave to find$1.1 million in reductions,or the elimination of eightofficer positions, one civil-ian position and other mea-sures.
Abbotsford has made gainsin recent years, experiencingan overall drop of 40 per centin all crime from 2008 to 2012and the city has the lowestcrime rates in the Fraser Val-ley, said Rich.
However, the APD is strug-gling to maintain what it hasachieved in years past andstaffing cuts may threaten
Zero tax increase would entail downsizing of police forceBUDGET, from page A1 other objectives, he said.
“We believe we’re the rightsize to properly serve ourcommunity.”
Coun. Henry Braun notedthe APD had a healthy police
p e r c a p i t aexpense ratioof just over$300 per per-son.
Rich notedthat munici-p a l f o r c e s
tend to be more expensivebecause the RCMP, whichserves many communitiesin the province, has a lowerpay scale and is subsidized
by the federal government ina number of ways.
The community also savedmoney in other ways throughreduced crime, added Rich.
“Crime costs money,” hesaid.
“If we cost more but pro-vide a safer community...what’s the net effect?”
Other councillors and May-or Bruce Banman recalledthe days when Abbotsfordwas known as the murdercapital of Canada and didnot want to risk any increasesto crime.
“I’m not prepared to playRussian roulette with the
safety of the community,”said Banman.
In 2013, taxpayers werehit with a 2.06 per cent taxincrease, which included a .7per cent capital levy.
In terms of the 2014 budget,a one per cent tax increase isequivalent to $1,187,000 ofcity revenue.
Council will next considerthe budget and hear publiccomments at its 3 p.m. meet-ing on Nov. 4.
Third reading of the finan-cial plan is slated for council’sNov. 18 meeting while adop-tion of the budget will takeplace on Dec. 9.
“I’m not prepared to playRussian roulette with thesafety of the community.”
– Mayor Bruce Banman on policing costs
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Earlier this year, the Cham-ber’s board of directors estab-lished its $2,500 communityfund for grant purposes.
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benefit gala on Oct. 19, with a sell-outevent and the announcement of a cut-ting edge infection-prevention therapythat will be coming to the AbbotsfordRegional Hospital and Cancer Centre.
CGF, along with Fraser Valley HealthCare Foundation, joined forces earlierthis fall with the innovative Vancouverfirm Ondine Biomedical Inc.
The company will make a donationof its MRSaid laser technology, said theCrystal Gala’s past-president DorothyDyck.
“We’re so over the top. This is just thetip of the iceberg for what it can do for
patients in Abbotsford and their fami-lies,” she said. “Every major surgicalpatient will be able to qualify.”
If it works well at the ARHCC, thetechnology could be implementedat other Fraser Health hospitals, shesaid.
Ondine Biomedical specializes indeveloping anti-infection therapiesand technologies for bacterial, viraland fungal infections that don’t useantibiotics.
The MRSAid nasal decolonizationsystem is used to kill methicillin-resis-tant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA,a superbug that can create devastatinginfections in surgical patients.
Before surgery, a photosensitive dyeis applied in the front of a patient’snose and a non-thermal red light is
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The program cost about $500,000 torun at VGH for a year.
While Fraser Health has not yetmade a statement on a pilot projectat the Abbotsford hospital, Walter saidOndine may meet with the healthauthority’s clinicians in early Novemberto discuss logistics and a time line.
Meanwhile, the Crystal Gala Foun-dation has surpassed its commitmentto raise $1.5 million for ARHCC, andas of Oct. 19, has raised $1.8 million,said Dyck. Monies raised go to buymachines and to support programsat the Crystal Gala Foundation BreastHealth Unit at the hospital.
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ROCHELLE BAKER
The man who killed a Missiongrandmother and wife in a hitand run has been sentenced to
two years behind bars.Just in Brown, 26,
pleaded guilty to failureto stop at an accidentwith a person in con-nection with the deathof Elinor Clark who diedafter being struck by acar on Dec. 2, 2012.
Brown, who has ane x t e n s i v e c r i m i n a lrecord, was also hand-ed three years proba-tion and a two-yeardriving prohibition inAbbotsford provincial court lastWednes-day.
Clark, a grandmother of four, waswalking hand in hand with her hus-band of 45 years, Peter, along the northshoulder of 14th Avenue near CaribouStreet at 4:30 p.m. when she was hit by aHonda Accord being driven by Brown.
She was snatched from her husband’shand and thrown 11 and half metresdown the roadway while the vehicleinvolved sped off, court heard.
Clark was airlifted to a hospital butwas pronounced dead at Royal Colum-bian Hospital in New Westminster.
Clark’s husband described the losshe and his family experienced withthe death of the Elinor, 65, who was abeloved wife and grandmother.
He described his wife’s death as amovie that keeps playing in his head.
“I feel that it is indelible and willremain with me the rest of my life,”said Peter Clark.
His wife was his soulmate and herdeath was an unnatural and unaccept-able way to die, he said.
“This whole episode of Elinor’s killingis a life sentence to me, in that I am now
alone with no one to share my daily lifewith, to love and support.”
Clark’s two daughters also read vic-tim impact statements that outlinedthe permanent impact the loss of theirmother and children’s grandmother hadon their lives.
Court heard that Brown had taken afriend’s car without per-mission and he and hisgirlfriend had gone fora drive.
He struck Clark whenhe passed another carf r o m t h e r i g h t a n dentered the paved shoul-der where the couplewas walking.
Crown Carolyn Lawlorsaid while the move wasnot technically illegal, itwas unadvisable to per-
form unless completely safe.Brown was also not speeding when
the accident occurred.However, he did flee
the scene, tried to con-vince people not toinform police about theaccident and displayeda callous attitude to thedeath of Elinor Clarkin text messages on hiscell phone following herdeath, noted Lawlor.
Defence lawyer DarrelSchultz did not disputethe sentence, which wasthe result of a joint sub-mission to the judge.
He noted that Brown, whose fatherhad been in prison since he was a child,had problems with anger and alcoholand had been working hard while incustody to turn his life around.
Brown, who had a Grade 7 education,had lived in more than 40 foster homesfrom the age of nine.
The accused, also a father to twoyoung daughters, was working to achievehis high school diploma and wanted to
get counselling to in prison to help dealwith his problems, he said.
“He wants to access programs thathopefully will make him a better per-son when released into society,” saidSchultz.
Brown also took the opportunity toapologize to the Clark family for hisactions and the pain and suffering he’dcaused.
Red-faced and with hands shaking,he read out a letter of remorse sayinghe took full responsibility for what he’ddone and was disappointed and dis-gusted with himself.
“Not staying at the accident scene wasthe worst mistake of my life,” he said.
He has had trouble with the law andhe’s not the same person when hedrinks, he said.
“The fact I’ve taken someone’s life, Ican’t forgive myself. And I don’t expectthe family’s forgiveness,” he said.
“But I want them to know it was anaccident.”
“I’m going to try to be the person I’dlike to be.”
He said what little money he earnedin jail he’d like to contribute to ElinorClark’s funeral costs.
Brown, who has been in custody sincehis arrest last December, was also sen-
tenced 10 months and20 days of time servedafter pleading guilty toother crimes.
He pleaded guiltyto uttering threats tohis mother days afterthe accident that killedClark.
He a l s o p l e a d e dguilty to assault caus-ing bodily harm in con-nection to a violent andunprovoked attack on a
man at the Gateway SkyTrain Station inSurrey in July 2012.
Peter Clark said Brown’s apology didnot absolve him but he would withholdfinal judgment to see if the convictedman could make a positive change.
“Nobody’s rushing to forgive him,”said Clark. “It doesn’t matter if he’d got-ten life in prison, I wouldn’t have gottenmy wife back. But if I live long enoughto see [Brown] become a better person,that’s well and good.”
Two years for hit and runMission driver pleads guilty in connectionwith grandmother’s death and apologizedto the victim’s family during sentencing
“This whole episode ofElinor’s killing is a lifesentence to me, in thatI am now alone with noone to share my daily lifewith, to love and sup-port.”
– Peter Clark, victim’s husband
“The fact I’ve takensomeone’s life, I can’tforgive myself. And Idon’t expect the family’sforgiveness. But I wantthem to know it was anaccident.”
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I f you’re finding it difficult to keep pacewith what is now the roiling boil of our
Senate scandal, you’re in good company.Three Stephen Harper-appointed sena-
tors accused of misusing senate funds(and one of hitting his wife) face suspen-sion from the Senate. But they aren’tgoing quietly.
When Sen. Mike Duffy spoke his piecelast and Monday week, he let several catsout of the bag, including that Harperknew far more about the questionableexpenses far earlier.
Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau alsoturned to bite the hand that once fedthem, the Prime Minister’s Office. Thestrategy of the disgraced senators seemsto be: ‘If I’m going down, you’re going tobreak my fall.’
Harper did show up one day to facequestions in the House of Commons thisweek, rather than have his underlingstake the heat for him. He refuted Duffy’sclaims, even though he must now admithe knew what was going on, which hehad vigorously denied before.
Proroguing Parliament, tabling a bud-get and boasting an international tradeagreement hasn’t worked for the Conser-vatives to deflect attention away from themessy Senate matters.
We’ll have to wait to see if attemptsto make the bad press go away will hurtthe CPC more than having three Harperappointees fiddling expenses (with thePMO’s blessing, they claim).
Whether or not Harper survives the“What did he know, and when did heknow it?” spotlight, this whole sorrydebacle drags Canada’s upper chamberever deeper into the muck.
Harper once campaigned for a Senatethat was equal, elected and effective.
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Today, I’m raising a glassto the greatest salesmenof all time – the ones who
sold the Eiffel Tower, the BrooklynBridge and other landmarks.
A good salesman can sell yousomething you need or want.A great salesman will sell yousomething you didn’t know youneeded. A con man will sell yousomething you don’t need, don’twant, and which he doesn’t own.
By the 1930s, the idea of sellingthe Brooklyn Bridge had becomea cliché. But in the late 1800s, itwas a very real business for half adozen confidence tricksters.
A swindler named Reed C.Waddell would prop up a signreading Bridge for Sale, andwould be open for business.He’d take anywhere from $250 to$1,000 – not a bad day’s pay inthe 1890s.
The targets were new immi-grants, those so enraptured bythe American dream that theyimagined anyone could buy afamous public landmark.
By the 1920s, Ellis Island washanding out pamphlets warn-ing that streets, bridges andother public objects were not forsale. In Europe, the scam wasreversed. The Czech con manHarry Jelinek once sold KarlstejnCastle to American industrialists,allegedly while pretending to bea local baron.
Greatest conman of all wasVictor Lustig, also Czech-born.He settled in Paris, where in
1925, French newspapers werewondering what was to becomeof the Eiffel Tower. It was rustingand far older than its intendedlifespan.
Lustig capitalized with nothingmore than some forged govern-ment stationery and a room at aswanky hotel.
He called together six bigmetal scrap dealers in Paris andswore them to secrecy: the gov-ernment was to tear down thetower, and one of them wouldget the contract for the metal.
The mark seemed suspiciousof all the secrecy, so Lustig one-upped himself: he was simply anunderpaid government bureau-crat, he told the unlucky scrapdealer.
Perhaps a little extra cashwould help the right bidder getthe rights to the landmark?
Reassured, the mark gaveLustig both the cash for the tow-er and a bribe to top it off. Lustigskipped town, but returnedlater and tried the scam againwhen the first victim proved tooashamed to go to the police.
He was later caught in the U.S.,and died in Alcatraz on a coun-terfeiting charge.
One of the reasons I feel somedegree of admiration for theseswindlers is that they knew theywere crooks. Once caught, theyseldom attempted to pretendthey were anything other thanclever and unscrupulous.
These days we see the descen-dents of the other style of scamartist, Charles Ponzi. He learnedscamming one gullible markwith a lot of cash could bereplaced by scamming lots andlots of poor people out of whatlittle money they had.
He invented the industrial-sized scam, and is the directcause of people like BernieMadoff who rope you into buy-ing fraudulent stocks guaranteedto go up 200 per cent.
Even worse are those whowork at the big banks and trad-ing houses. JPMorgan recentlyagreed to pay $13 billion inexchange for a wide range offinancial improprieties – whichis a nice way of saying theyripped off an awful lot of people,mostly through mortgage-relatedshenanigans.
These men are cannier thanLustig, as they have taken more,have kept most of it, and areunlikely to die in a prison cell.
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Editor, the Times:
Amid the “chicken in everypot” gush of Christina Toth’sTrade Deal Will Benefit Manyin Fraser Valley, Abbotsford-Mission Times, Oct. 22), Iwondered if she has any his-torical memory.
Wasn’t NAFTA the magicbullet of decades past? Yetfood banks didn’t disappear,nor did poverty. Well-paidjobs with benefits decreasedas McJob service work grew.
For the average Canadianfamily purchasing power hasbudged little over the pastfour decades. For the exaltedone per cent, the stunninggrowth of their slice of the piehas been the sole constant.
Of course, like NAFTA, andthe TPP now being negoti-ated secretly, except to hun-dreds of the world’s largestcompanies, from Halibur-ton to Walmart, the “trade”deal was not primarily abouttrade.
It’s about investor rightsand the diminishment of thecommons. It’s about movingmoney about freely, reduc-ing the power of electedgovernments and increasingprofits of the Walmarts of theworld.
Drug patent extensions willcost Canadians hundreds ofmillions. Perhaps the abilityof European companies tosue the City of Abbotsford,bid on civic projects andinterfere in local matters willmake our community stron-ger and its citizens better.
Perhaps, it’s all about sav-ing 58 cents on a litre ofEuropean wine.
Enough already with thesesecret, corporate-drivendeals. Canada is a commu-nity of citizens, not simplyinputs.
Erik OlthofAbbotsford
Do more thanwear pinkEditor, the Times:
Breast cancer aware-ness month is coming toan end. But some of thecancer-linked toxins keepon flourishing, especially astemperatures drop, in theform of wood smoke emis-sions from wood-fuelledfireplaces.
Lung and respiratory dis-eases are also contributedto by wood smoke, and soare heart attacks and stroke.
The smoke emission ofone wood-burning fireplacecan pollute an entire neigh-bourhood and can put peo-ple at risk, and this healthrisk can be multipliedby secondhand tobaccosmoke.
Here too, cancer may bethe end result. By now it iscommon knowledge thatsmoking tobacco can kill,and will more often thannot.
Still, manufacturers keepproducing this poison and
trap people to indulgewhether it makes them sickor others.
Cancer has brought muchgrief to many families, notonly through breast cancerbut other strains as well.
Year after year, millions ofdollars are raised for cancerresearch and much of thesedonations will be in vain ifcancer-causing agents inour environment remain.
I believe that now is thetime to have a more seri-ous look into preventivemeasures at the home base,while scientists are lookingfor a cure.
Prevention is in many cir-cumstances the key, and weall have the opportunity toparticipate.
You and I have the powerand ability to bring abouta change and eliminatesome of the suffering that isbrought forth by cancer.
All levels of governmentand authorities of healthdepartments seem to havefailed us by not settingstricter guidelines, whichcould have prevented manycancer cases. Cancer canstrike anyone, any time.
No one is immune to it.Brie Oishi
Port Coquitlam
Money-strappedsociety laudedEditor, the Times:
I would like to commendthe Mission council for sup-porting the Fraser ValleyHumane Society cat shelterwith emergency funds.
I think it is important,however, to clear up somemisconceptions that werevoiced during the meeting.One councillor said that withonly 32 cats, the cost per catis $250.
However, there are morecats in the society’s care thanthat.
The FVHS spays, neutersand vet checks all cats in itscare, then adopts them intoloving homes.
There are also many catsand kittens in foster care.When the Willows apart-ments burned down, theFVHS took in many cats thatwere suddenly homeless.
Another concern raisedwas the executive director’ssalary and an unfoundedaccusation of “spending outof control.”
What the figures don’t showis the thousands of dollarssaved by building good work-ing relationships with localvets and other businesses,resulting in a significant
reduction in expenses everyyear.
The shelter itself is spotlessand extremely well run andhealthy for cats.
Last year, an outbreak ofringworm afflicted manyLower Mainland cat shel-ters. The difficult decisionto close the shelter until allcats were cleared resulted infour months with almost noincome.
It would be difficult to findanother manager that couldkeep this charity going forthis long under such difficultcircumstances.
In fact, Celia Durst may bea victim of her own successby keeping expenses arti-ficially low. All of this putsstaff wages much lower than40 per cent and in line withother non-profits.
Mission residents can boastof having a unique, ethical catshelter of which they can beproud. This is not just aboutloving animals, this is aboutkeeping Mission a wonderfulplace to live.
I thank the council for rec-ognizing the importance ofthe FVHS.
Cathy HammMission
Do more thanwear pinkEditor, the Times:
Re: Improvement the bestmeasure – Jim Dueck column,Times, Oct. 24.
My hat goes off to Mr.Dueck – he has hit the nailon the head.
If the goal of teaching isto improve student perfor-mance, then “before andafter” comparisons are farmore appropriate than the“raw scores” published by theFraser Institute.
My only criticism wouldbe that so-called “standard-ized tests” given to variousgrades at year end and usedin their report are not reallystandardized by cross-studyvalidation or reliability analy-sis. In fact, the FI measuresonly some of the domainsthat public education strivesto target.
Other student traits suchas independent and creativethinking, work ethic andsocial responsibility do notlend themselves to right orwrong answers.
Developing such assess-ments require co-operativeefforts of all stakeholders:government, educators, par-ents, and of course the stu-dents themselves.
J.GrahamMission
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A12 ❘ SPORTS ❘ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 THE TIMES
TERRY FARRELL
The world’s best men’s andwomen’s curling teams willhit the pebbled ice at the
Abbotsford Entertainment andSports Centre this week for the Mas-ters of Curling.
The event, scheduled for Wednes-day through Sunday, is the first of
four Grand Slam of Curling stopsfor the men, and at its conclusion,one rink will be in the hunt for amillion-dollar payday.
Should the winner of the Mas-ters of Curling go on to win all fourGrand Slam of Curling events (Cana-dian Open, Medicine Hat; National,Fort McMurray; Players’ Champion-ship, Summerside PEI), that rink
will pocket a cool $1,000,000.If the winner in Abbotsford can-
not complete the Slam, then theoverall points champion in thefour events wins $50,000. The run-ner-up will take home $30,000 andthe third-place winner will receive$20,000.
It all starts at the AESC this week.The lineup is as good as a curlingfan will see.
Calgary’s Kevin Koe will be onhand in an attempt to successful-ly defend his title, but it won’t beeasy.
He will have to get past 17-time
Grand Slam champion Kevin Mar-tin of Edmonton, 2011 world cham-pion Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg,and four-time world championGlenn Howard of Ontario – andthose are just some of the Cana-dian rinks.
Add to that the likes of 2013world champion Niklas Edin ofSweden and Scotland’s David Mur-doch, who has competed in sixworld championships as well as thetwo most recent Olympic Games,and the already great field becomeseven better.
Thomas Ulsrud of Norway, who
might well use the same tailor forhis team uniforms as Don Cherrydoes for his suits, will be on hand,certain to add some colour to thecompetition, and Liu Rui of Chinaalso adds to the tourney’s interna-tional flavour.
Not to be outdone, the women’sdraw also features a who’s who ofthe sport.
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan will belooking to defend her 2012 cham-pionship, and it will be no easierfor her.
Curling’s best square off at AESCWorld Champions Niklas Edin andEve Muirhead competing in thisweek’s Masters of Curling
see CURLING, page A13
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Timberwolves running back Ben Cummings shakes off a tackle from Saints safety Tyson Bible. The Robert Bate-man Timberwolves hosted the Langley Secondary Saints in B.C. High School Football AA Varsity league play onFriday. The T’Wolves won 54-0. To see more photos from the game, download the Layar app to your smartphoneand scan the logo on the right side of the page.
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The host Robert BatemanTimberwolves showed no
mercy upon the Langley Sec-ondary Saints Friday after-noon, as they pummeled thevisitors 54-0, on the strengthof another sensational gamefrom Ben Cummings.
Cummings carried the ball15 times for 305 yards andtwo touchdowns, and thoseare just the official stats.
He had more than 150 all-purpose yards called back onpenalties in the third quarteralone, including a 90-yardkick-off return to start thehalf, and a 70-yard run thatboth ended up in the endzone, only to be annulled byflags.
Quarterback Tanner Frei-sen connected with DanielMills for three touchdownpasses, and Talus Swanbergalso scored a rushing major.
Josh Frieskie and ArthurBeckerleg had intercep-tions and Sam Kuyek led thedefence in tackles.
It was the Timberwolves’second shutout win of theseason.
Hawks fly high in Kelowna
The W.J. Mouat Hawkscrushed the Kelowna Owls48-6 Friday.
Maleek Irons set the toneearly, with a 68-yard carryon the first play from scrim-mage. He finished the gamewith 11 carries for 182 yards– one of two Hawks with 100-yard rushing games.
Fullback Manpreet Chhi-na also broke the centurymark, with eight carries for100 yards and two TDs. JacobDodds also scored a rushingtouchdown.
Q u a r t e r b a c k Hu n t e rStruthers was 4-of-7 for 144yards and two touchdowns:Slater McRae had a 70-yardpass and run and Jake Fir-lotte hauled in a 37-yarder.
McRae also had a 75-yardpunt-return touchdown.
“It was a good team winand now we’ll get ready forSTM,” Mouat head coachDenis Kelly said of the block-buster Eastern Conferenceregular-season finale nextweek.
Saints no matchfor Timberwolves
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Mission goalie Jeffrey Veitch comes up with a big save on Wolf Pack forward Kyle Hoekstra. The Mission City Outlaws hosted theNorth Vancouver Wolf Pack in Pacific Junior Hockey League action Thursday evening at the Mission Leisure Centre. The Wolf Packscored four unanswered third-period goals to win 6-2.
JR. HOCKEY – OUTLAWS CORRALLED
In a battle of AA top-fiveteams, the No. 3 ranked Mis-sion Roadrunners ralliedfrom a 21-7 third-quarter def-icit to defeat the No. 5-rankedRick Hansen Hurricanes, inMission onSaturday.
T h eg a m eended indramaticf a s h i o n .Roadrun-ner WaydeCarpenterkicked thewinning 32-yard field goalwith no time left on theclock.
Evan Horton threw touch-down passes to DaytonRobertson (13 yards) andCarpenter (45 yards), andran one in himself, from 13yards out.
He also led the defencewith seven tackles, a sack, aknockdown, a forced fumbleand a fumble recovery.
Hurricanes quarterbackAlex Ho scored on a one-yardrun and connected with ZachToews for a pair of TD passes,of 10 and 25 yards.
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MissionoutlastsHurricanesFOOTBALL, from page A12
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The University of the Fraser Valley Cascadesmen’s soccer team has earned the third and
final post-season berth in the Pacific Division ofCanada West.
The Cascades finished the 2013 campaign witha 6-7-1 record, good for 19 points. They beat out
their arch rivals the Trinity Western UniversitySpartans, after the Spartans played the Universityof Calgary Dinos to a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
This marks UFV’s first post-season appearancesince joining Canada West eight years ago.
“Congratulations boys. For the first time inUFV’s CIS History, we are in the playoffs,” saidUFV head coach Alan Errington. “I am very proud
of you all and the hard work you put in to reachthis accomplishment.”
The University of British Columbia Thunder-birds will host the Canada West playoff in PointGrey, Oct. 31-Nov. 3. UFV will play the secondplace team from the Prairie Division on Thursday.The full schedule was to be sent out on Oct. 28,although after The Times went to print.
UFV Cascades make post-season
She will have to contend with the likes of seven-time Grand Slam champion – and 2008 worldchampion – Jennifer Jones. Six-time ScottiesTournament of Hearts (Canadian championship)participant Sherry Middaugh will also be amongthe Canadian contingent at AESC, as will ChelseaCarey.
International stars include 2013 women’s world
champion Eve Muirhead, as well as Sweden’s Mar-garetha Sigfridsson, whom Muirhead beat in thefinals of the 2013 world championship.
Swiss skip Mirjam Ott, who won the worldchampionship in 2012, and has finished with theOlympic silver medal twice (2002, 2006), will alsobe at the competition.
Both events will feature three pools of five rinksapiece, with the rinks playing a complete roundrobin portion within their respective pools. At the
end of round robin play (and tiebreakers, if neces-sary), the top eight teams will enter a bracket-styleplayoff.
The men’s final goes Sunday at 10 a.m.; thewomen follow at 3 p.m.
For all the draws and updates, visit the websiteat worldcurl.com.
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Abbotsford Heat general manager Jay Feasterannounced Monday that goaltender Laurent
Brossoit has been assigned to the Alaska Aces,the Heat’s developmental affiliate in the ECHL,and goaltender Joni Ortio has been recalled fromAlaska.
Brossoit has played two games this season inAbbotsford posting a 0-1-1-1 record, a .824 savepercentage and a 5.72 GAA.
Ortio has played in four games this season inAlaska posting a 3-1-0-0 record, a .944 save per-centage and a 1.01 GAA.
He will join the Heat on the upcoming road trip.The team travels to Utica for a three-game seriesthis week. They will play the Comets Thursday,Saturday and Sunday. The Heat’s next homeaction is Nov. 5, when they host the San AntonioRampage, Florida’s farm club, in the first game ofa two-game series.
The Heat split their series with the Lake ErieMonsters, winning 4-2 on Friday night and losing3-1 on Saturday.
Ben Street made an immediate impact for theHeat, in his first game since being assigned by theCalgary Flames.
The Coquitlam native, who started the season
with the NHL club, opened the scoring on Fridaynight. Carter Bancks, Corban Knight (game-win-ner) and defenceman Chad Billins (power-playgoal) also tallied in the win.
Knight scored the lone goal in Saturday’s loss.Goaltender Reto Berra played both games for
the Heat over the weekend. He made 22 saves inFriday’s win and had 24 saves on Saturday.
The Heat sit at 4-4-0-1 after nine games andwill be looking to end the month – and start nextmonth – on a winning note as they head to NewYork. The Comets, whom the Heat beat in thepreseason, have yet to win a game this season. TheVancouver Canucks farm team sits at 0-5-0-1.
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Aavangen craft saleBook a table for the Nov. 2& 3 Aavangen Seniors Hous-ing craft sale from 9 a.m.– 4 p.m. each day in the rechall. For a table call Myrna at604-756-3732.
Diwali at ClarkeOct. 29 from 5 – 9 p.m., cel-ebrate Diwali, the traditionalIndian Festival of Lights, withfood, crafts, stories, dancingand music, at Clarke Founda-tion Theatre, 33700 PrentisAve., Mission. Free, fooddonations for food centreappreciated. Call 604-829-3634 for details.
100 years of chamberOct. 29, Abbotsford LearningPlus presents 100 years ofthe Chamber of Commerce,10 a.m. till noon, with AllanAsaph. Fee is $5 plus $2 ARCdrop-in fee, at AbbotsfordRecreation Centre, 2499McMillan Road.
Haunted House MACUntil Oct. 30, the MissionArts Council presents Frac-tured Fairy Tales HauntedMansion, 7 – 10 p.m. Kids8-12 must have adult withthem. $10, at 33529 FirstAve., Mission. Call 604-826-0029 or see haunted.mis-sionartscouncil.ca for hours,more.
Haunted reptile houseTo Oct. 31, The Reptile Guy’sRescue and Education Centrehas a Haunted House withmore than 150 live creatureslurking in the dark. Fun forall and lots of scares. $7/adults; $5/kids. Proceeds goto reptile rescue program.Haunted house is open from4 – 8 p.m. at unit 7 – 34366Forrest Terrace, Abbotsford.Call 604-746-7228 or seewww.reptileguy.ca.
5 & 2 bottle driveDonate bottles to the 5 &2 Ministries at the bottledepot at 33236 Walsh St.,Abbotsford. Name 5 & 2 asyour recipient of choice.
CoDependents AnonymousMeets every Tuesday, 1 – 2p.m., until Oct. 29 at FraserHouse, 30063 Fourth Ave,Mission. Contact Rachel at604-820-1032.
Real life EnglishUntil Oct. 30, practise Englishlanguage conversation skillsin real-life situations at Mis-sion Library, 33247 SecondAve., on Wednesdays from10:15 – 11:30 am. ContactKusum at Mission Commu-nity Services 604-814-3957 toregister, or get details.
All about bearsOct. 30, learn about bear cul-ture and lore with MargaretEvans at Lifetime Learningfrom 10 a.m. to noon, at32444 Seventh Ave., Mission.Fee: $7 (non-members $10).
Wildlife centre tourOct. 31, tour the OrphanedWildlife Rehabilitation Cen-tre in Delta and an after-noon in Ladner with LifetimeLearning. Bus leaves Fraser-view Elementary School,Mission, at 8:30 a.m. Call604-820-0220 for reserva-tions and information. Costis $35, non-members $40.
Halloween sanitariumOct. 31, Sandpiper Sanitari-um, a garage walk throughand front yard display, in itsfifth year of spooktacular forkids at 3037 Sandpiper Dr.,Abbotsford near Blue JayElementary from 5 – 9 p.m.on Halloween.
Halloween alternativeOct. 31 from 5:30 – 7:30p.m. Sevenoaks AllianceChurch, 2575 Gladwin Rd.,Abbotsford hosts a Hallow-een for younger children,with activities, prizes andtreats. Donation box avail-able to offset cost. Call 604-853-0757.
El Camino de SantiagoOct. 31 from 10 a.m. tonoon, Abbotsford Learn-ing Plus presents Rev. BillBooth on his El Camino deSantiago pilgrimage, Life’sLessons from the Journeyat Abbotsford RecreationCentre, 2499 McMillan Rd.,Abbotsford. Fee is $5 plus $2ARC drop-in fee.
i-Parent sessionsNov. 1-2, parenting sessionson Internet safety with guestspeaker Sid Koop. Friday7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Your Child’sDigital Reality, Saturday 9– 11 a.m., video games, and12:30 – 2:30 p.m., HelpingChildren Fight for Purity, atMEI Middle School, 4081B
To list an event hosted or sponsored by a non-prof-it group in Abbotsford or Mission, upload it direct-ly to our website: abbotsfordtimes.com, or send ane-mail with a succinct, 75-word description of theevent including day, date, time and address [email protected], or drop off at 30887Peardonville Rd, Abbotsford.
Community eventsClearbrook Rd., Abbotsford.$10 per session, $20 for allthree per couple. Call 604-859-3700.
Candy refundsNov. 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m., Clayburn Dentalhas its second annual candybuy-back for kids, at $2 perpound of candy, up to $20.Candy will be donated to theAbbotsford Salvation Army.
Hominum meetsHominum Fraser Valley offersgroup to help gay, bi-sexualand questioning men withthe challenges of being mar-ried, separated or single, onFriday evenings. For informa-tion and meeting location,call Art 604-462-9813 or Don604-329-9760.
Mission authors partyNov. 2 from 2 – 4 p.m., meetMission authors at the Mis-sion public library. There willbe books on display and onsale, refreshments, and a rarepeek into the writers’ worldat the Authors Celebration.Call the library at 604-826-6610 for more. Free.
Big band MoonlitersNov. 2, join the 18-pieceMoonliters big band swingdance at Matsqui Hall, 33676St. Olaf Street, Matsqui, from7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Admissionis $20, and includes lightmeal. Tickets at King’s Music,Abbotsford, or call 604-853-5996.
Sexaholics supportSexaholics Anonymous is a12-step program of recoveryfor those who want to stoptheir sexually self-destruc-tive thinking and behaviour.Abbotsford SA meets Sat-urdays at 8 a.m. For moreinformation email [email protected].
Mission book clubNov. 4, share your love ofbooks with fellow literatureenthusiasts with the MissionBook Club, from 7 – 8 p.m.at the Mission public library,2nd Avenue. Call 604-826-6610 for more information.
Parlez-vous français?Nov. 4, start up a French con-versation, with classes forintermediate and beginnerswith Nicole Bellay on Mon-
day mornings at LifetimeLearning Centre, 32444 7thAve., Mission. Call 604-820-0220.
Grandparents supportNov. 4, Abbotsford Grand-parents raising grandkidsmark a one-year anniversaryat their annual meeting, withthe theme of self-care at theFamily Centre in Abbotsford.Register at [email protected].
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