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An Abbotsford student has placed second in a poster design competition for the 2011 Vancouver International Auto Show.

The poet William Blake mused about seeing all the world in a grain of sand. For University of the Fraser Valley geography professor Dr. Olav Lian and his student research assistants, it’s more a case of seeing how aspects of the physical world have changed over time by analyzing long-buried grains of sand.

The 2011 Vancouver Motorcycle Show is underway at Tradex in Abbotsford.

Assante Wealth Management has been a major supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters between Abbotsford, Mission, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, particularly through the Bigs’ annual golf tournament fundraiser.

Motorcycles are Marcia Thomson’s life. They’re a social outlet, her form of therapy and her freedom. They connect her to people from all walks of life, and take her places she never imagined going.

For Brad Hutchinson and his family, winning a new car at Sunday’s Abbotsford Heat hockey game was truly a feel-good story.