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WEDNESDAY August 19, 2015 • www.langleytimes.com COMMUNITY Zoo Turns 45
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SPORTS Another Ace for Young Golfer
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M IR A ND A GAT HE R C OLE Langley Time s
Left: Ava Semchuk, 4, went wild for the children’s activities — including a face painting booth — at the annual Arts Alive festival, held Saturday in downtown Langley; above: Dressed as the Riddler, Jess Scrivner showed off some of her original artwork. For more photos from this summer’s Arts Alive celebration, visit langleytimes.com.
It’s Alive!
Suspect in Surrey attack spotted in Langley SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD VICTI M OF BRUTAL ASSAULT IS FEELING STRONGER EVERY DAY T RAC Y H O L M E S Bla ck Pre s s
As police continue to search for the man who brutally assaulted a South Surrey senior in her home last week, the image of a suspect in the case was captured at a bank machine in Langley, shortly after the attack.
The victim and her husband, meanwhile, have reached out to thank those who helped her in the aftermath. “The people in the neighbourhood were awesome, as were all of the police officers and firemen and paramedics and hospital staff and doctors and nurses at Surrey Memorial Hospital. I feel stronger
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every day because of them and my husband and family,” the 70-year-old told The Times’ sister paper, the Peace Arch News by email Sunday. The woman was assaulted around noon on Wednesday, Aug. 12, when a man entered her home in the 16700-block of 28 Avenue, brandished a weapon and re-
strained her. When she couldn’t comply with the intruder’s demands for cash and other items, she was physically and sexually assaulted, suffering what police described as “significant” injuries. Continued Page 3
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