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Few knew about hazardous waste plant proposed along shores of the Fraser River
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BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
F
iled away in dozens of boxes in Rick and Brenda Davis’s soon-to-beempty studio are thousands of memories. The boxes contain cherished family photos—the giddy grins of new dads, the beaming smiles of new brides, the manufactured giggles of grasping toddlers. Images from hundreds of Chilliwack families are among the thousands of negatives and photographs the owners of Norman’s Photographic have donated to the Chilliwack Museum and Archives. The donation consists of more than 400,000 negatives and prints, as well as cameras and props used in the business from 1948 to 2006. The image collection includes portraits of individuals, families, weddings, babies, businesses, graduations, com-
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BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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hazardous-waste recycling plant on the shores of the Fraser River opposed by environmentalists, wildlife groups and First Nations was unanimously approved by Chilliwack city council Tuesday evening. Ontario-based Aevitas Inc. asked council to rezone a property on the Cattermole Lands from heavy industrial to special industrial to allow for the plant that, each month, will recycle 5,000 litres of transformer oil containing PCBs and 500,000 lamps containing mercury. Few even knew about the proposal and the public hearing until it was nearly too late. “Local First Nations were unaware of both the rezoning application and the proponent’s plan for the site,” Sto:lo Tribal Council fisheries advisor Ernie Crey told the Times. “Because the business may pose a potential threat to values involving water and fish, it was my hope Chilliwack council would have deferred their decision on this application to a later date. This would have given First Nations time to examine the merits of both the rezoning and recycling business proposed for Cannor Road.”
munity organizations and events. “We’re happy to keep the information in the community,” Rick said at the couple’s Kitchen Road studio, which is well-known to many who have had family portraits taken there. “We’re just thrilled,” Brenda added. Last spring, Rick and Brenda approached the Chilliwack Museum and Archives with the offer of this large donation. The couple have decided to semi-retire, downsizing their lives and going mobile with their photographic services. With that move, the couple were concerned about the future of the 255 banker’s boxes of negatives and prints spanning 58 years. Along with the donation of photographs come antiques, props and equipment used in the business. See DONATION, Page 18 Paul J. Henderson/TIMES
Brenda and Rick Davis among some of the camera equipment and studio props they donated to the Chilliwack Museum and Archives.
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