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December 12, 2013
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Oops, Coulter sworn in too soon BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com
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he winner of last month’s $50,000 school board byelection sat on the sidelines at Tuesday’s school board meeting after finding out he’d been sworn in prematurely the week before. Dan Coulter, who won the Nov. 30 byelection with 520 votes, sat in the
Needs to wait until judicial-recount period passes public gallery as chair Walt Krahn read out a statement at the beginning of the meeting. The board chair said a review of the Local Government Act had revealed Coulter could not legally be sworn in until after the period for a judicial recount had passed, which is nine days after election results are
officially declared. In Coulter’s case, that declaration came on Dec. 2, meaning he shouldn’t have been sworn in until this Thursday (Dec. 12), according to Krahn. Since that voids the oath Coulter took at the board’s Dec. 3 meeting, he will now have to be sworn in a
second time, an event Krahn said will happen Friday. “I sincerely apologize to Dan for any confusion that this has caused,” Krahn said at the end of his statement. Tuesday’s meeting saw the election of board representatives to two provincial bodies.
Trustee Heather Maahs was elected to represent the board at the B.C. School Trustees Association (BCSTA), with board vice-chair Silvia Dyck as her alternate, and Trustee Doug McKay was elected as representative to the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), with trustee Barry Neufeld as his alternate.
See COULTER, Page 4
HOLIDAY SEASON TREE TRADITION
A police sketch of a man suspected of attacking a woman on Fairfield Island more than a year ago.
RCMP seek clues in year-old sex attack BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com
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hillwack RCMP is looking for help identifying a man who sexually assaulted a woman while she was looking for her lost dog on Fairfield Island over a year ago. The woman was outside looking for the dog at about 1 a.m. on Nov. 5, when she was confronted by a lone male and attacked. See CLUES, Page 4
Visitors to Woodsong Christmas Trees in the Columbia Valley enjoy hay rides and a tromp through the snowy fields to choose a holiday conifer.
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