Wednesday August 19, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 66)
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Mud bath: Hundreds of competitors got more than a little bit muddy in Cloverdale Saturday, tackling all manner of challenges at the Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race. i see page 11
Little Leaguers represent Canada after 16-0 win over Ontario
Pride of White Rock hits World Series Nick Greenizan Staff Reporter
Onward, to Williamsport. The baseball season will last just a little bit longer for White Rock’s boys of summer, after the team of Peninsula 12-year-olds captured a Canadian Little League Championship on the weekend, and qualified for the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. White Rock won the national title Sunday
afternoon, after a 16-0 win over the host moo squad in the national finals. team from East Nepean, Ont. Prior to the start of the Canadian champiThe national crown – and Little League onships, White Rock coach Bob Cumiskey World Series berth – is the third-ever for a joked that his team would look to avenge that White Rock team, having loss and “get a little revenge.” i see ‘All-Stars’ page 15 also qualified in back-toOn Sunday, they certainly back years, from 2007 to 2008. Ironically, it did, racking up 16 runs and 17 hits in just five was a team from East Nepean that stymied a innings before the mercy rule was enacted. White Rock squad’s drive for Williamsport White Rock lost just once at the week-long two years ago, defeating the 2013 Semiah- tournament – a one-run defeat at the hands
of Ontario’s High Park Braves in roundrobin play. The All-Stars headed to Pennsylvania Monday, where they’ll compete in the International division of the Little League World Series, which runs Aug. 20-30. The Canadian champs will square off against the national champions from Japan, Mexico and Australia, as well as regional champions from the Caribbean, Europe/Africa and Asia-Pacific.
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Assault victim grateful Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
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Darren Dolan and Debbie Anderson sift through paperwork at their home on the Semiahmoo First Nation reserve, discussing their leaders’ pay.
Semiahmoo First Nation paid chief $267,729, councillor $200,756
Band members ‘disheartened’ by pay Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
Members of Semiahmoo First Nation are calling for an in-depth look at the band’s finances, after learning last week that their elected officials were together paid nearly a half-million dollars in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. “Realistically, we’d like to see an audit done and have the books completely open, because we’d like to see where the money has gone,” said Darren Dolan, one of 93 registered members of the band. Dolan, 52, noting he has lived his whole life on
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the oceanfront reserve, was among many band members who say the remuneration disclosure – mandated by the First Nations Financial Transparency Act – provided the first insight into the band’s finances in more than a decade. Posted last month, the statement indicates Chief Willard Cook was paid $267,729 (including $420 in expenses), councillor Joanne Charles received $200,756 ($13,618 in expenses) and councillor Roxanne Charles received $32,198 ($27,473 in expenses). Expenses reflect costs of transportation, accommodation, meals, hospitality and incidentals.
The information was disclosed nearly eight months after a November 2014 deadline to file. (The day after the deadline, Joanne Charles told Peace Arch News the band had “complied with what we needed to.”) None of the elected officials could be reached for comment – phone messages were not returned and the band office on Beach Road was locked Friday afternoon – however, in a statement issued online Saturday, council members defended their salaries, noting the majority “comes from revenue that has i see page 4
As police continue to search for the man who brutally assaulted a South Surrey senior in her home last week, the victim and her husband 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 every Surveillance image day because of Suspect at ATM. them and my husband and family,” the 70-year-old told Peace Arch News by email Sunday. The woman was assaulted around noon on Aug. 12, when a man entered her home in the 16700block of 28 Avenue, brandished a i see page 9
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