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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Hangover sets in for drivers
Broad daylight or the dark of night – it doesn’t seem to matter to drunk drivers. by Matthew Claxton
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Injured drivers, wrecked cars, and drunk driving charges piled up over the weekend in Langley. For at least one person, the weekend began early. Police were called to a three-vehicle pileup on 264th Street on Thursday. An Oldsmobile tried to make a left turn onto the busy road from 29th Avenue just before 11 p.m., smashing into a southbound
pickup truck, said Cpl. Holly Marks of the Langley RCMP. Another pickup, which couldn’t stop in time, also slammed into the Olds. Firefighters had to pry free the 31-year-old Abbotsford driver of the Oldsmobile. He and his woman passenger were both hurt, the man taken to hospital by Air Ambulance. The first RCMP officer on the scene noted signs that the car driver may have been drunk. Blood samples were seized. On Sunday afternoon, a Mountie got to see two particularly intoxicated drivers. A 41-year-old man was stopped for a traffic violation. He seemed to be drunk, but claimed to have
had just a couple of beers. picked up by another driver, but A breath sample showed the police stopped that vehicle and man had three times the legal arrested her. Her blood-alcohol blood-alcohol content in his level was double the legal limit. bloodstream. He later admitIn addition, the RCMP in ted that he had had Langley issued seven an entire case of administrative drivRead ‘Our View’ beer the day before, ing prohibitions. and had only slept Six of those people Cost of drunk a couple of hours will be charged with driving high the night before his impaired driving, arrest. Marks said, and the page A8 Hours later, the seventh will also be same officer arrested charged with refusa 39-year-old woman who had ing to give a breath sample. been drinking in a Langley resEight other people received 24taurant. She had hit a parked car hour driving bans. while trying to drive out of the None of the suspected drunk parking lot. drivers will face the tougher, new The woman drove a short way penalties that became law in B.C. and abandoned her car. She was as of Monday, Marks said.
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Hundreds turn out for revived Fox run
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In honour of Langley’s Bob Perdue, who died of cancer, the Williams brothers, Scott, four, Jack, nine, Tommy, six and Ben, seven, rollerbladed as part of Team Bob. The large team raised more than $5,300. Likewise, Lexus Vaughan (below) had an angel painted on her face, appropriate for the event. The City run featured entertainment and activities to give it a festive feel.
Even dogs joined in Sunday’s fundraiser. Story and photos by Heather Colpitts
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It was all a little bewildering for George on Sunday morning – all the people, and music and other dogs. But the 11-year-old recently adopted from a rescue shelter had his new best friends Abby and Ceilidh alongside and holding onto his leash was long distance runner Gail Cleaveley. So despite the rain, there was no lack of enthusiasm for taking part in the Terry Fox Run in Langley City.
When the clock reached 10 a.m., Cleaveley and her three dogs started running, taking on a 10-kilometre route. Many taking part in the Terry Fox Run brought their dogs which kept them company in the downpour. Despite the weather, which seemed to evoke the memory of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope run through inclement weather, people toughed it out in runs in Walnut Grove, the City and Aldergrove. In the coming weeks, there are also events planned at various schools. Cleaveley was pleased to see the return of the run in Langley City after a few years absence. She’s a longtime supporter of the event.
“We’ve been doing it for probably 20 years,” she explained. And 30 years having passed since Terry Fox ran and was cut down by cancer hasn’t dimmed the emotional impact for Cleaveley and others who took part. “It’s such a great story,” she said. “He seemed like such a great guy.” Alongside Cleaveley and her three pals was her daugther, Heather Fontaine, with her four-legged friend Gunther. Fontaine’s support has also covered many years, and includes her shaving her head for the cause in university. “There’s nobody who doesn’t relate to cancer,” Fontaine said.