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Forum focused on domestic violenceJennifer FeinbergThe Progress

A shocking number of Chilliwack families try to deal with the impact of domestic violence every year.

Many are not aware of the full range of specialized services out there to assist with this particular kind of relationship and intimate partner abuse.

A Community Forum on Domestic Violence is set to remedy that.

The forum starts at 7 p.m. on Oct. 30 at Chilliwack City Hall, and is part of the annual Purple Light Nights awareness campaign held every October.

Through education and aware-ness we can diminish the nega-tive effects of domestic violence in our communities, and ensure the community is aware of resources available to help, said RCMP Cpl. Harinder Kheleh, one of the event organizers.

We are excited to have Angus attend our forum this year to talk about breaking the silence and being more than a bystander.

BC Lions alumni Angus Reid will be there to talk about the Be More than A Bystander campaign, which seeks to understand the full impact of mens violence against women. The program by Ending Violence Association BC and BC Lions breaks the silence around violence by providing tools, and practical ideas on how to communi-cate that violence and abuse is not acceptable.

RCMP, as well as other partners, community charities and social ser-vice providers with Purple Light Nights committee will be address-ing the crowd.

The forum will be held at Chilliwack City Hall, 8550 Young Road, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

Four people are vying for the mayors chair in Chilliwack and 17 are running for the six seats on council, following the close of nominations Friday in the 2014 municipal election.

Fourteen people are letting their names stand for the seven seats available on the Chilliwack school board.

And in Cultus Lake, five people are seeking the two seats avail-able to Chilliwack voters.

Incumbent Chilliwack mayor Sharon Gaetz faces three challeng-ers: Raymond Cauchi, Cameron

Hull and Jason Kramer. In the last municipal election, Gaetz won by acclimation.

Only one incumbent wont be seeking re-election for city coun-cil: Ken Huttema. All the rest Sue Attrill, Jason Lum, Stewart McLean, Ken Popove and Chuck Stam are seeking re-election.

Theyll be joined on the ballot by some familiar and some new names.

Seeking election on council this time around are Phill Bruce, Brigida Crosbie, Brenda Currie, Gerry Goosen, Kim Harder, Dick

Harrington, Michael Kha, Chris Kloot, Patti MacAhonic, Phillip Maxwell, Sam Waddington and Richard Williams.

On school board, all but Doug McKay is seeking another term. Dan Coulter, Silvia Dyck, Walt Krahn, Heather Maahs, Barry Neufeld and Martha Wiens have all declared their candidacy.

Theyll be challenged by Ben Besler, Karen Conway, John-Henry Harter, Karen Jarvis, Paul McManus, Marion Mussell, Harold Schmidt and Rob Stelmaschuk.

The five people vying for com-missioner seats on the Cultus Lake Park Board are Scott Allinott, Darcy Bauer, David

Renwick, Malcolm Shanks and Carlton Toews.

The list of nominees is still unofficial. The chief elections offi-cer will be working to confirm the list in the coming days.

The brand-new Electoral Area H director position for FVRD has attracted three candidates including: Taryn Dixon, Maxwell Newhouse, and Rolf Soth.

For Electoral Area E, its Orion Engar facing off against Leanne Herrick.

For more on candidates who have provided information to The Progress, go www.theprogress.com and click on the elections 2014 tab.

The election race is on in Chilliwack

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It was 13 years of underlying rac-ism, classroom struggles, and feel-ing culturally muted every time he walked through his schools doors, says the Sto:lo native.

[Classmates] would say things about natives and drinking, or natives acting like gangsters, or aboriginal people being dirty or homeless, which was completely not the case for most of us, says Ewen, now 33.

You have to have tough skin in order to be an aboriginal in school, because often youre the only one in the class.

By the time hed finished Grade 12 in 2001, still requiring two cours-es for graduation, hed had enough. Ewen quit, becoming yet another of Chilliwacks unsuccessful aboriginal graduation numbers.

His story is not an anomaly. Statistically, B.C.s public educa-

tion system has failed aboriginal stu-dents for decades.

While both Chilliwack and the province have seen improvements with aboriginal graduation rates over the last few years, there is still a sig-nificant gap separating First Nations youth from the rest of the student population.

Its a chasm that Tyrone McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee, says will remain if schools dont make curriculum more culturally relevant for aboriginal students.

In too many ways, the public edu-cation system is irrelevant to First

Nations students. They dont see themselves in that regard. Theyre detached from the curriculum.

And that, he maintains, leads to continued failure.

In the 2012-13 school year, 59.4 per cent of aboriginal students in B.C. graduated within six years of starting Grade 8, according to a min-istry of educations annual report. Comparatively, 83.6 per cent of all students completed in the same time frame.

In Chilliwack, 56.7 per cent of aboriginal students graduated, com-pared to 78 per cent for all students. Thats an improvement from 45.4 per cent in 2009-10.

There has been a significant amount of change in terms of out-comes for First Nations education in the public system. We acknowledge that, but its not nearly enough, says McNeil. Its too slow.

Ten native bands are represented in Chilliwack. From those, 1,885

First Nations students attended Chilliwack schools last year, amount-ing to approximately 16 per cent of the total school population.

The school district has tried for years to make inroads into becom-ing more inclusive for its aboriginal students.

It formed an aboriginal advisory committee in 1994 which is still run-ning, and includes both educators and representatives from the local First Nations communities.

In 1998, it started teaching Halqemylem to kindergarten classes to help revive the regions fledgling native language. It was the first school district in B.C. to do so.

When the ministry of education approved aboriginal-centric courses in 2008, including B.C. First Nations Studies and English First Peoples, the school district committed to offering them.

In 2010, Chilliwack school dis-trict entered into a four-year Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement, the first of its kind thats become a template for other school districts to follow.

In an emailed statement to The Progress, assistant superintendent Rohan Arul-Pragasam didnt speak specifically to the aboriginal issue, but said the collective goal is to focus on all students and to ensure that we have appropriate, timely, coordinated continuum of interven-tions to support all students, espe-cially those vulnerable students that have the potential to drop out from school.

Not enough, says McNeil.Aboriginal students are still

encumbered by racism and negative predispositions in public schools.

Too many teachers, too many school staff, expect our kids not to do well thats an expectation, says McNeil.

The systemic racism and bias thats prevalent in Canada, its still thriving. Theres all kinds of efforts battling it, but the undertows of it is still just as strong now as it was 10, 15, 20 years ago. And that plays out in classrooms every day.

Aboriginal kids are struggling, says McNeil. Teachers dont know

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Changing the curriculum isnt enough. The public school mindset needs to change.

Thats the sentiment of Chilliwacks aboriginal communi-ties with regards to the provincial public education system.

Because aboriginal culture is more about hands-on learn-ing, many native youth dont accli-mate well to sitting in a desk, read-ing from textbooks and listening to lectures for hours. They need physical interaction.

Having an instructor that

explores different avenues for edu-cation, visually, audibly, hands-on, really exercises your brain in a way that you can better grasp the con-cept, says former Chilliwack sec-ondary student Garry Ewen, who dropped out of the public system just shy of graduating.

Ewen struggled with understand-ing math all through school. He fell behind in the primary grades and never caught up. It wasnt until he went to Seabird Island College, sev-eral years after quitting high school, that he found math success.

Everybody has different learn-ing styles and some schools dont cater to that, says Ewen. At

Seabird College, the teachers do textbook work, but they also use visuals and hands-on. I got to grasp some of the concepts in a different learning method.

When the B.C. Ministry of Education approved the English First Peoples curriculum in 2008, after more than 10 years of working on it, there was celebration among the Chilliwack aboriginal communi-ties.

English First Peoples is the equivalent to English language arts but with a Sto:lo focus.

Finally, there was a language

Are our schools failing aboriginal students?

Most people had negative opinions about my people and I was already facing my own issues at home, says Elia Julian, who graduated from Chilliwack secondary in 2011. I didnt need that at school.

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Aboriginal kids are struggling, says Tyrone McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee. Teachers dont know how to relate to them or communicate with them. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

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course relevant to who they are.

But today, unlike B.C. First Nations Studies 12, which was approved

around the same time as EFP, and offered at all high schools last year, only one school offered English First Peoples Chilliwack secondary.

School district offi-cials say it comes down to student interest. If not enough students sign up, the course cant run. But Tyrone

McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee, says several students hes talked to werent aware the course exists.

Too many of them havent been asked if theyre interested in tak-ing it. They havent been given the opportunity.

It boils down to knowl-edge and support.

Thats all our kids need a little bit of encouragement, a teach-er that expects them to do better, expects them to do well, to pass, to come in every day, says McNeil.

But that lesson isnt passed on to our kids often enough.

As of 2012, all B.C. trained teachers are required to take a mini-mum of three credits or the equivalent in First Nations pedagogy and issues related to the historical and current context of First Nations, Inuit and Metis learners.

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how to relate to them or communicate with them.I dont know if theyve given up over time, or if

they were never interested from the start.Elia Julian didnt want to find out.The 21-year-old Skwah native spent years denying

her First Nations existence in Chilliwack schools. She couldnt control her ethnicity or her skin colour, or the negative thoughts people associated with her people, but she could control how much they knew about her.

Instead of embracing her native roots, Julian told people she was Hawaiian.

Most people had negative opinions about my peo-ple and I was already facing my own issues at home, she says. I didnt need that at school.

The oldest of six, Julian didnt grow up with her parents. She was shuffled through six different homes many unstable. Concentrating on school was not easy.

Most aboriginal students do face different strug-gles more so than simple adolescence, she says. Sometimes the struggles that First Nations students face are things that are out of our control.

Even though Julian had access to aboriginal sup-port workers and an aboriginal room at Chilliwack

secondary, she still felt misunderstood and pre-judged by some of her teachers and principals.

Knowing that were not expected to succeed is frustrat-ing and really hard to swallow, says Julian, who graduated on time in 2011. It makes it really hard to want to push to do great.

The cost of con-tinuing to fail First Nations children and youth educationally is exponential.

A 2010 report, Investing in Aboriginal Education: An Economic Perspective, conduct-ed by the Centre for the Study of Canadian

Living Standards, estimates that $39 billion in costs will be incurred on the Canadian economy by 2026 if education is not improved for First Nations. On the flip side, if the educational gap is closed, the economy could be boosted by $115 billion over the 20-year period from 2006 to 2026.

If the status quo continues, the whole scenario of dependency thats been put on us continues, says McNeil. Do they want to sustain First Nations dependency on Canada, or do they want to assist us to be thriving and a positive reflection of Canada?

Despite the system, some aboriginal youth and adults are achieving success elsewhere.

Last June, 13 years after he should have gradu-ated from the public system, Ewen finally obtained his graduation credentials thanks to Seabird Island College.

The on-reserve college offers a dual-track educa-tion program that enables students to achieve their Dogwood completion while working towards an employable trade or other such profession. Since opening in 2010, enrolment has continued to flour-ish. Last year, approximately 115 mature students obtained their Dogwood through Seabird Island College.

Education is life-changing and its generationally life-changing, says Diane Janzen, education manager at Seabird Island Band and former Chilliwack school trustee.

When a student doesnt graduate, its not about their failure; its about our failure, our inability to provide education thats relevant.

When Ewen finally received his official ministry of education transcripts in the mail for his Dogwood completion, the normally chatty man was rendered speechless.

Even though hed taken college courses over the years, it was his Dogwood that gave him an ultimate sense of achievement.

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In Chilliwack, price dropped to $1.14 over the weekend.

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To qualify for a space to sell alcoholic bever-ages, stores must have at least 929 square metres (10,000 square feet) of floor space and groceries as 75 per cent of their sales, Justice Minister Suzanne Anton announced Friday.

The restrictions are designed to exclude gen-eral merchandise and big box stores as well as convenience stores, according to a minis-try statement. Eligible stores will be permitted to create a store within a store with separate cash registers and staff, or co-brand with liquor stores outside their exist-ing facilities.

The government plans to maintain its cap on the number of liquor stores, with 670 private stores now in operation. Liquor stores are currently restricted to relocating no more than five km from their original loca-tion, but that restriction is being lifted so a licence can be sold or moved any-where in the province.

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The provinces deci-sion to allow heavily for-tified medical marijuana production factories to be built on top of good agricultural farmland isnt sitting well with municipal politicians.

Several Lower Mainland cities wanted the new commercial pot producers that are being licensed by the federal government to be relegated to indus-trial land, arguing the high-security buildings would be a better fit there.

Instead, the pro-vincial government decided over the summer they will be allowed to be built on farmland, including in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

The main concession from the province is that theyll be taxed at the industrial property tax rate not at the lower agricultural rate.

Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese said one concern now is that cities will end up paying more for police to moni-tor sleepy agricultural roads for criminals that may be attracted to the new pot ventures.

We really need to ensure the safety of our residents, he said, add-ing there are also impli-cations for the environ-ment, infrastructure and roads.

The province has tabled proposed guide-lines for local munici-palities to regulate the new marijuana produc-ers and has asked for comment on them.

Froese said cities are now seeking the stron-gest possible protec-tions.

We want to deal with things like setbacks, hedging and air qual-ity, he said.

Richmond Coun. Harold Steves insists its senseless to waste the best farmland in Canada on highly forti-fied bunkers that could have been placed in industrial zones.

This is not soil-based agriculture, he

told Metro Vancouvers Oct. 10 board meeting. Its not even green-house-type agriculture like you get in Delta and Richmond. Its totally

enclosed.Burnaby Mayor

Derek Corrigan argued they will be twice as bad as greenhouses and will detract from

the cooperative spirit of local agriculture.

If a marijuana opera-tion becomes your next door neighbour, its cer-tainly not going to be a

very collegial relation-ship, Corrigan said. Youre not going to be borrowing each others tractors.

Some cities have

sought legal opinions on whether they can ban marijuana produc-ers from ALR land despite the provinces decision, but Froese

said he doesnt believe that would be viable because pot produc-ers would be protected under B.C.s Right to Farm Act.

Marijuana bunkers called waste of best farmlandCities want safeguards but cant keep pot out of ALR


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Credit for fit familiesThe federal Conservatives deserve credit for recognizing that child-

hood fitness is an issue and that sports activities are expensive.But lets face it, the doubling of the tax credit for kids under 16 from

$500 to $1,000 is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to getting kids active and fit.

Now, parents can get back up to 15 per cent of their childrens reg-istration or membership fees at tax time but its really just a gesture and an acknowledgement that the original $500 tax credit was far too low, especially if you have more than one child in more than one sport.

What sweetens the pot slightly is that the maximum credit actually works as a refund of $150, meaning that families whose incomes are too low to benefit will get some help, although they have to spend a lot to benefit a little.

Cynics will argue that the Tories are just buying votes with vot-ers own money in advance of a federal election a year from now. But peoples memories arent that long and the refund or tax credit isnt worth that much.

What would make a difference would be a national fitness strategy to encourage families to make health and fitness a priority. Currently, this is left up to the cities to do, with some encouragement from pro-vincial or regional health authorities, and other non-profit agencies.

Whats missing is a culture of active living because everybody is so strapped for time, people drive everywhere and sitting in front of a screen all day is seen as the most-productive way of getting things done.

Could a pan-national strategy address more issues over a long time-frame? Absolutely, and its not just kids who could benefit from incentives to employers and agencies to get everyone moving and being healthy.

Canada needs more direct action to raise Canadians fitness IQ, and the federal government should be a leader in this.

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VICTORIA Three years ago, long-time chief and band admin-istrator Sophie Pierre sought an extension of her term leading the B.C. Treaty Commission and gave a warning. The federal and pro-vincial government should start taking this long and costly effort seriously or shut er down.

Last week Pierre wound up her sixth and final year as chief com-missioner on a slightly more hope-ful note. This year, the Tlaamin Nation in the Powell River area and the Yale First Nation in the Fraser Canyon had their treaties proclaimed by Ottawa.

They join the Maa-nulth First Nations on Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen First Nation in leaving behind the Indian Act and the courts to get on with self-gov-ernment. Tsawwassen in particu-lar has moved ahead aggressively. Its shopping centre development near the ferry terminal is one of the largest commercial projects

in the province right now.All of these treaties were nego-

tiated despite multiple overlap-ping territorial claims around

them, and similar progress has been made with the Tsimshian First Nations on the North Coast and elsewhere.

The need for aboriginal people to work out their overlapping claim issues between themselves was

the focus of the commissions 22nd annual report. In it, for-mer chief commissioners Miles Richardson of the Haida Nation and Steven Point of the Sto:lo Nation added their influential voices, urging aboriginal commu-nities to consider them shared territories, rather than clinging to ancient tribal rivalries.

Another hopeful sign is that after seven years of commissions and studies, the federal govern-ment has finally given its nego-tiators a mandate to negotiate fisheries. This is the main reason why the Tlaamin waited five long years for Ottawas blessing after their treaty had been hammered out.

This years landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, recognizing Tsilhqotin Nation title in the remote Nemiah Valley, has also got the attention of Victoria and Ottawa. Pierre noted the flurry of activity by Premier Christy Clark in seeking recon-ciliation, which will culminate this month with a formal apology for the hanging of Tsilhqotin chiefs 150 years ago.

Pierre said this court ruling should destroy any lingering thoughts that this issue is not of the utmost importance, and pro-vide the necessary investment,

both financial and time commit-ment, to reach satisfactory con-clusions.

Thats the good news for B.C.s thorniest historical problem, the lack of treaties across most of the province.

Its also becoming clearer that the Tsilhqotin ruling is unique. Its unlikely to be repeated by most other First Nations, even if they are willing and able to spend the years and millions to enrich lawyers in pursuit of it.

Heres the bad news. As of this year, the B.C. Treaty Commission has paid out $627 million to First Nations to support treaty negotia-tions. Most of that is in the form of loans, which are to be repaid out of the cash settlements that Ottawa contributes to settle mod-ern treaties.

Pierre acknowledges that some communities are close to com-pleting treaties, but their debt has climbed to near what Ottawa

is offering. This would leave them free but broke.

Others are just spinning their wheels with no real hope of achieving a treaty, Pierre said. The commission is calling for an exit strategy for these commu-nities, starting with loan forgive-ness that would allow them to pursue economic activity.

There are First Nations, Westbank and Osoyoos promi-nent among them, which are thriving without treaties. Haida and Klahoose have developed successful forest products busi-nesses as they move toward self-government.

Federal and provincial govern-ments must recognize the suc-cesses, and the failures.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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We are currently facing two piv-otal moments in public education in British Columbia.

Firstly, we have just ended a lengthy strike that will bring five years of labour stability and an opportunity to rebuild relation-ships and strengthen our educa-tion system. Over the past several months there has been a focus on what was wrong with the system rather than what is right. Now is the time to shift that focus back to what we all have in common suc-cess for students. British Columbia has one of the best education systems in the world because of fabulous teachers, administra-tors and support staff. Yes, there are still challenges to overcome. There will always be a need for increased funding and staffing. But our education system should

not be defined by the challenges. It should be defined by our willing-ness and ability to work together to overcome them. Success is a team effort and it is now time for us to once again work together as a team.

The second pivotal moment will occur on November 15, the date of local trustee and municipal elections in British Columbia. On this day you will have an opportu-nity to elect the women and men who will lead and oversee pub-lic education in your community. School trustees working in their communities with education part-ners and parents provide focus and direction to help realize the educational aspirations of students throughout the province. Public education is everyones business. It is the engine that will determine

the success of our province. Our future employees, leaders, parents and citizens will come from todays classrooms. November 15 is your opportunity to select the individu-als in your community who will advocate for that future, and who will determine the directions to guide this critical public invest-ment.

Public education is always excit-ing and challenging in British Columbia. When I see students in our classrooms supported by dedicated teachers, administrators support staff, and trustees, I see the future.

Working together with a clear focus on what is best for student ensures that the future will be bright.

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While walking around Sardis Park on the morning of Thursday, Oct 9th, I was very upset at the large numbers of fish in the shal-lows, slowly suffocating. The water was teeming with hundreds and hundreds of fish, all gasp-ing for air, some with their heads stuck out of the water trying to stay alive. It was a very distress-ing sight. Large numbers of fish seemed to be congregating by the only source of fresh water that comes into the pond, but that trickle of water bringing in fresh water and new oxygen into that stagnant pond was not enough to save them. As I walked around the pond I saw one of the regular Great Blue Herons that hunt at the pond, and I was thinking that she sure choose the wrong fishing spot this morning, as all the fish in the entire pond were at the other end.

My first thought was that they

were poisoned by something get-ting into the water. I tried to call the City of Chilliwack but it was too early, so all I could do was leave an email with the Parks department. I did get a response to my email by way of a press release. It advised the reason for the fish kill was no oxygen in the water due to low water levels. I certainly had noticed that the water levels are the lowest that I have seen in the past 20 years, and I know Im not the only person to have noticed how dirty the water has been looking in the pond the last year or two. I used to see the oxygen bubblers going on a regular basis in the pond, which seemed to keep the pond much cleaner, but have not seen them on in few years, plus the fresh water that comes into the pond is just a trickle.

I appreciate nature and really enjoy all the wildlife that this little

park brings to our neighborhood. I certainly dont like animals suf-fering for nothing. Its not just the waste of all these fish, its also all the other animals that depend on them for food. I thought our parks were being managed and cared for, so we share these areas with the local wildlife, but it seems this one is not. With all the headlines in the papers these days regarding the environment and the popula-tions of animals in the world that have declined in half in the past 40 years, I think we should be more proactive in protecting fish, wild-life and the environment.

I walked around the park tonight, amazing... all I saw was one small dead fish. If you were not at the park this morning, you would have no idea that anything even happened there. Our City certainly did a very speedy clean up of all the dead fish...

Liz Oberholtzer

Proactive effort needed to protect pond fish

No government protects environmentRe: Oil protest a slip-

pery slope for cities (B.C. Views, Oct. 7).

Tom Fletchers analy-sis of jurisdiction regard-ing pipeline expansion and oil distribution in B.C. ignores one impor-tant fact. I have one postal address and one primary residence, one planet on

which to live.I also am governed by

three political jurisdic-tions that are supposed to manage the common good on behalf of all. None do so. I pay taxes and idealize that some official somewhere will handle environmental issues in sustainable

ways. Not so.Such leaders are situ-

ated within non-govern-ment organizations who also want money. No wonder I am an alienated citizen, disgusted with public sector overexpen-ditures and irresponsi-bilities regarding basic survival.

I do vote! And I am delighted that some new faces and names are appearing on ballot lists. My hope is that other vot-ers will listen to these unknown candidates. Somewhere among them are future leaders who will help guide us to a more viable Canada.

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Pumpkins are often a childs first introduction to horticulture, and from their early history in the Americas to their future in space gardening research, they deserve a little more credit than just being a Jack OLantern. For home dcor, especially for Thanksgiving displays, its hard to beat pumpkins combined with corn stalks and hay bales.

All pumpkins are indigenous to America and were grown along with corn by native Americans, making them one of the first companion crops. Members of the cucurbitaceae family, their close relatives are watermelon, gourds, squash and cantaloupe.

Recently a flurry of new pumpkin varieties has being developed. A bush-type variety, called Spirit, which has vines that only spread about three feet, delights pumpkin grow-ers with limited space. It is prolific, much like a zucchini, and harvesting a dozen or more ten to fifteen pound fruits is not uncommon. For more adventur-ous growers, there are various strains of the Atlantic Giant available. They are bred for size. The winning entries in the World Pumpkin Confederation Weigh Off now exceed 1200 pounds! You would need a chain-saw to carve these monsters and a shovel and wheelbarrow to clean them out. They also look ugly. A much nicer giant is Prizewinner which averages 90 to 100 pounds and actually looks

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ture pumpkins fit nicely in the palm of your hand. They average only five ounces in weight, mea-sure about three inches across and about one inch deep - real giants! They are very attractive because of their

deep ribbing and can be dried like gourds for neat table decorations. A white and orange striped variety, called Pumkemon, and a white one, called Baby Boo, cook up nicely too.

White pumpkins are all the rage, and varieties like Lumina and the larger New Moon and Full Moon are all over websites like Pinterest as the latest and greatest. Flat ribbed varieties, like Cinderella, are hot too and very unique.

Little Lantern, School Time and Orange Smoothie will be of interest to young pumpkin growers. They measure only five to seven inches across, but they really produce lots of little,

five to eight pound fruits in eight weeks. They make great pies too. The tiniest is PeeWee which is about the size of a softball and makes great table dcor.

Pumpkin seeds, which are very high in vitamins, are a deli-cacy in the Middle East. With the development of two new varieties, Tricky Jack and Lady Godiva, there are now hull-less seeds, which can be eaten like peanuts when lightly roasted. From Japan comes a new edible seed variety called Kakai. Its awesome, and its fresh seeds are sweet and nut-like.

We all know about those scrumptious pumpkin pies. Another delicious pumpkin dish is made by baking or steaming pumpkin meat, then seasoning it with butter, salt, pepper and molasses. Pumpkin bread and pumpkin cookies stuffed with raisins are popular favourites. In the Caribbean Islands, one of the staple foods is pumpkin soup.

The Land Pavilion in Epcot Centre at Disneyworld, Florida, is experimenting with pump-kins as a food source for space expeditions. Trained upward along ropes, the vines grow about thirty feet high and are loaded with perfect ten to fifteen pound pumpkins. It is nice to think that the Jack OLantern we carve on Halloween to keep the evil spirits away has a great his-tory and an even brighter future. Lets hear it for pumpkins!

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Dylan Coulter and Calvin Baker in the Canadian premiere of Birdsong at UFV Theatre

Storytelling from the trenches at UFVBirdsong promises to be a pow-

erful and poignant play.Thats how the new production

opening this week at UFV Theatre set in the First World War is being described.

The month of October marks the 100th anniversary of trench warfare and UFV Theatre is hon-oured to present the Canadian premiere of a new adaptation of Birdsong, Oct. 15 to 26.

It records the tragedy, the remarkable history and surpris-ing humour of the Great War through songs, music, movement and theatrical performance.

I cant tell you how excited we are to be presenting the Canadian premiere of this wonderful adap-tation, said director Raina von Waldenburg, who teaches at UFV. This is an outside-of-the-box piece of theatre, and Im convinced that our unconventional approach will make the story fresh, alive and powerful for audiences.

Its based on Sebastian Faulks best-selling novel, and written by

playwright Rachel Wagstaff.As the guns of war echo, the

audience joins Stephen Wraysford and his fellow soldiers, huddled in trenches and holes, trying to find ways to shake off the monot-ony of war and remember family. Injured at the Somme, Wraysford flits between past and present as he struggles to recall those final romantic days before the war

when he fell in love with a beau-tiful, but already-married young woman named Isabelle. In their heart-rending story set against the crumbling of their whole world and in the strong bonds of friendship between the young soldiers, we get a sense of all the real-life heartbreak that forever marked the world.

We have multiple actors play-

ing the same character, every actor playing multiple roles, unorthodox staging and a whole lot of surprises in store, said von Waldenburg, who is one of North Americas foremost proponents of the Grotowski Method, a decid-edly physical approach to theatre.

But believe me, people shouldnt have any difficulty fol-lowing the action: these young actors are brilliant at finding ways to be expressive and clear. This is storytelling at its finest.

Birdsong runs Oct. 15 to 26 with evening performan

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Chilliwack Progress, October 15, 2014