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Log jam heroes get special honour Emotional reunion for rescued woman BY GREG LAYCHAK glaychak@chilliwacktimes.com
T and they’re a vital tool for animals.” FABLO will host a fundraiser at the Echo Room this Saturday, Aug. 23, with live bands, hot food, and a silent auction. Tickets are $20, which includes a meal provided by The Angry Chef and a beverage. The event runs from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m., and at the end of the night Grosvenor hopes they’ll have raised enough to buy at least one respirator kit for each of the fire halls in Chilliwack. “It’s not a huge amount, and it’s a doable amount,” Grosvenor says, noting each kit costs about $150 and has three different mask sizes to accommodate a variety of animals.
wo young men received certificates of recognition for their heroic rescue efforts on the Vedder River at the City of Chilliwack Council meeting Tuesday. Loren Muth and Kegan Madeira had freed Natisha Dunn from a log jam on the river earlier in the summer when she was holding on for her life in the fast flowing water. Muth and Madeira stood before council as Mayor Sharon Gaetz presented the men with her thanks and certificates. Dunn was in the audience with her family and teared up when the story of the rescue was recounted by Gaetz. “I told them I can’t thank them enough,” Dunn said after the event. “I’m here because of them. I’m just very thankful, and I look at life a lot differently now - I appreciate everything.” The waitress and mother recalled the day earlier in the summer when her dinghy deflated and left her in serious trouble. “I figured that was it for me and I was praying and I looked up and they were there,” said Dunn.
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A new Chilliwack-based animal protection organization looks to supply local fire halls with animal respirator kits, a tool that would increase the chances of saving pets from house fires and smoke inhalation.
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ouse fires are never easy on families. According to Laura Grosvenor, house fires are even harder on animals. “Most animals can’t get out of a house,” she explains. “Humans get trapped all the time, but they’re able to get out. Animals are stuck in a house.” Grosvenor has always felt a need to help animals, which you only need to look at her pets to see. She has three dogs and three cats, all of which are rescues. But with a little community help, Grosvenor is hoping to rescue more. Grosvenor, along with Nikki Mattila, is a co-founder of new
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“Humans get trapped all the time, but they’re able to get out. Animals are stuck in a house.” - Laura Grosvenor Chilliwack charity Fur A Better Life Organization (FABLO). And with their first project, they’re raising money for animal respirators to help animals caught in house fires. “We have respirators for humans, but they don’t fit on animals. The human face and the animal face are certainly not the same.” Grosvenor explains. “They are a vital tool for humans,
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