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One-two punch: Last weekend was a successful one for Earl Marriott Secondary, as the school’ ool’s senior boys volleyball team won a provincial championship in Kelowna, na, and the girls placed second in Penticton. cton. i see page ge 21
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Corrigan critical as city bypasses TransLink to pursue federal funding
Surrey’s $1.8-billion transit bid derided Alex Browne Staff Reporter
The City of Surrey is taking the unilateral step of appealing to the federal government for $1.8 billion to pay for three light-rapidtransit lines stretching into the eastern and southern parts of the city. Mayor Dianne Watts acknowledges the city’s request to Ottawa for at-grade light rapid transit (LRT) represents frustration at deal-
ing with a cash-strapped TransLink and the provincial government, which remains committed to more expensive SkyTrain models. But Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, member of the Mayors Council on Regional Transportation, and former chair of B.C. Transit, dismisses the request as “pre-election posturing.” “I don’t know where all this money is going to come from,” he said. “When it comes to
reality, I don’t see anything in the offing.” On Friday, Transportation Minister Todd Stone said he sees “nothing untoward” in Surrey’s action, adding he expects Surrey to be having conversations with different levels of government about the city’s priorities. “I certainly expect that Surrey will be strongly advocating for the projects that they believe are important to their community,” he said, noting he had “six or seven” meet-
ings with Lower Mainland mayors last week alone, all of them with infrastructure priorities for their communities they’re advocating for at “both the federal and provincial levels.” TransLink’s Cindy Bromley commented only that “there is a large need for transit expansion in the entire region and we recognize that Surrey has a vision for its future, including transit growth.” i see page 2
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Pamela Smith, mother of plane-crash victim Dallas Smith, listens as Greg Sewell, father of victim Lauren Sewell, speaks at a news conference.
Transport Canada pressured to legislate previously recommended reforms
Parents unite to avert more victims Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
The parents of three victims killed in two separate plane crashes are joining forces to pressure Transport Canada into legislating reforms they say would likely have prevented the deaths of their children – had they been enacted when first recommended. “After seeing the condition of my daughter in hospital, the condition of the passenger com-
partment and in speaking with the Kelowna coroner, there is no doubt in my mind that had this plane been equipped with shoulder restraints, that Lauren in particular and likely Dallas as well, would have survived the crash,” Greg Sewell, the father of victim Lauren Sewell, said during a news conference Thursday morning in South Surrey. “Why hasn’t Transport Canada seen fit to require shoulder harnesses in all private air-
craft, and how many more innocent passengers must die or be seriously maimed?” Lauren Sewell, 24, and Dallas Smith, 30 – who attended school on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and started dating less than six months before the crash – died after the Piper Twin Comanche they were passengers in crashed into a wooded area just west of Kelowna on Aug. 13, 2012. i see page 4
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Four Canadian residents arrested last month on drug-smuggling charges in Melbourne have ties to the Surrey/White Rock area. Tyrell Brown, 20, Jason Singh, 21, Madison Trim, 19, and an unnamed 17-year-old were arrested and accused of trying to import 17 kg of heroin into Melbourne. The maximum penalty for heroin smuggling is life imprisonment, according to police. Brown’s Facebook page lists Elgin Park Secondary in his school history while Singh, a Dutch national, attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary. On a Nov. 16 Facebook post that has since been deleted, Trim writes: “bye bye thailand youve been very good to us, we will be back.” i see page 2
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Surrey ‘can’t wait indefinitely’ i from page 1 In an email to PAN Monday, the director of communications noted that it’s TransLink’s responsibility as regional transportation authority to look at the demands of the entire region and work in co-ordination with municipalities. “We will continue to work together with all municipalities of Metro Vancouver on defining transportation needs and solutions,” Bromley said. Watts rejected the notion that the federal funding request is political posturing. “People who have known me for years know I don’t do things that way,” she said. Watts said pursuing federal Build Canada funding is a logical step in moving forward Surrey’s transportation agenda, given the continuing growth of the city. Watts noted Surrey has been subsidizing SkyTrain expansion for years without direct benefit. She said residents can’t continue to wait indefinitely for infrastructure. “When we look into the future, 70 per cent of the region’s growth is coming south of the Fraser,” she said. “We’ve got to shape the city. We have to have that infrastructure in place.” The three proposed lines would reach from
Surrey City Centre to Highway 1; from City Centre to Newton along King George Boulevard; and from Whalley to Langley. “LRT is a cost-effective, high-quality and flexible form of rapid transit that businesses and residents in Surrey support,” a Nov. 25 staff report to council states. “The project will best achieve local and regional goals for land-use shaping and mobility, now and into the future, and encourage increased transit use.” Corrigan noted Surrey and Vancouver, in particular, are jostling for a place at the head of the line for transportation improvements, in what is devolving into a free-for-all. “There is a lot of smoke and mirrors at this point,” he added. Corrigan said the current situation was “predictable, given the disconnect established between land-use planning and transportation planning.” He said it is an inevitable consequence of the provincial government’s removal of control of transportation planning from local governments, which he blamed on provincial “bitterness” over the municipalities’ previous opposition to SkyTrain’s Canada Line. – with files from Kevin Diakiw & Jeff Nagel
Next court date in February i from page 1 Trim is believed to have ran in the same circles as Singh and Brown, while the 17-year-old (who cannot be identified) reportedly attended school in South Surrey. According to a news release from the Australian Federal Police, each of the four accused was travelling with two bags of luggage on a Nov. 18 flight from China. After arriving at Melbourne Air-
port, they were selected by customs officers for a baggage examination. During the examination, customs officers noticed the eight bags felt unusually heavy when emptied, and, following an X-ray of the luggage, it was revealed that a white powder was built into the bottom of each bag, according to police. The three adults’ next court date is Feb. 18, 2014. The minor is to appear at a Children’s Court hearing.
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Publication ban on any images, descriptions of Michael Le
Accused admits Surrey Six conspiracy Sheila Reynolds Black Press
Six years after the execution of six people in a Surrey apartment building, one of three accused murderers currently on trial in the so-called Surrey Six case has entered a guilty plea. On Thursday afternoon in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, Quang Vinh Thang (Michael) Le pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder Corey Lal. Lal was shot to death in the Balmoral Tower apartment in North Surrey on Oct. 19, 2007, along with five other men: Ryan Bartolomeo, Edward Narong, Edward Schellenberg, Christopher Mohan and Lal’s brother, Michael.
Le was also facing a first-degree murder charge for Corey Lal’s death, which is expected to be stayed. A ban was also ordered on any photos, depictions or descriptions of Le – the reason for which cannot be reported. Le, Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston have been on trial since late September. The trial was adjourned abruptly Monday after Le’s intention to plead guilty was revealed to the court. Those proceedings, however, were covered by an interim publication ban until he formally entered his plea. Haevischer and Johnston are charged with six counts each of first-degree murder and one count apiece of conspiracy to murder Corey Lal.
The Crown contends Le and fellow accused gangster Jamie Bacon were the leaders of the Red Scorpion gang and ordered the murder of Corey Lal due to a drug turf dispute. It’s alleged Haevischer, Johnston and another man who can only be identified as ‘Person X’ went to the Balmoral Apartment building intending to kill Corey Lal, and shot the others to death to ensure there were no witnesses. The court has seen and heard gruesome details of their execution-style murders in suite 1505. The victims were found lying in rows on the floor of the apartment with hoods covering their heads. Each suffered at least two gunshot wounds, mostly to their heads and necks. While four of the victims were alleged drug
dealers, Mohan was an innocent resident of a neighbouring suite on the 15th floor and Schellenberg was a gas fitter repairing fireplaces in the highrise that day. Christopher’s mother, Eileen, who saved her holiday time for the past five years so she can attend the lengthy trial, said hearing Le’s admission was bittersweet. “It was hard to listen to his guilty plea because it stole my son’s life.” Le’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 13. ‘Person X’ has already pleaded guilty in the case, and Bacon is being tried separately at a later, undetermined date. The trial of Haevischer and Johnston continued Monday.
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Gas-tax revenue declining due to drivers ‘evading their fair share of taxes’
Border tolls eyed to recoup TransLink’s losses Jeff Nagel
ever we do needs to be fair,” Doherty said. “And it’s not fair that If Metro Vancouver is headed people are evading paying their toward a system of road pricing, fair share of taxes.” Eric Doherty has a provocative A toll charged on southbound recommendation. roads just before the border would Toll all the border crossings first, raise much-needed funds so drivers who nip across – which summit particithe line to buy cheap gas pant Richard Campbell and avoid paying fuel tax said might be devoted to TransLink – as well as to Highway 99 improveB.C.’s carbon tax – would ments – and TransLink have less reason to do so. would likely also collect The Vancouver transmore in gas tax. portation planner wasn’t Advocates predict there joking Friday when he would be other benefits of raised the idea at SFU’s a border toll. Eric Doherty Moving in Metro summit “You’d see reduced conplanner on mobility pricing. gestion,” Doherty said, One of the problems noting people with more confronting TransLink is that its legitimate reasons to visit the U.S. revenue from the 17-cent-a-litre would have shorter waits. gas tax is declining, in part because “And we’d see reduced pollution of cross-border gas-tax dodgers. because people wouldn’t be making “There’s a perception that what- these unnecessary trips, largely in Black Press
fuel-inefficient vehicles.” It would also deal a blow to crossborder shopping, which cuts into provincial and federal-tax revenue and undermines local businesses and local jobs. A case for road safety could even be made if fewer vehicles come back across the border packed full of gas jugs. Unlike blanket tolls elsewhere, Doherty sees fewer grounds for complaint. “The people who do this are not the poorest of the poor,” he said of cross-border shoppers. “If you can afford it, you should pay.” Robin Lindsey, professor of transportation and logistics at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, said he wouldn’t want to see such a toll morph into a surrogate method of collecting customs tariffs, which are frequently waived by Canadian border personnel due to the heavy
volume of shoppers crossing at popular times.
Road pricing options No clear consensus emerged at the summit of what type of roadpricing scheme might be the best fit for Metro Vancouver. Lindsey said a system of $1 tolls on all the region’s bridges might be most logical, rather than larger tolls just on newly rebuilt crossings that are increasingly seen as unfair. A daily cap could limit how much each driver might pay, but he noted the benefits of congestion control would be undermined if many people reach the maximum and have no disincentive to make extra trips. Bridge-only tolling would face its own fairness complaints – Richmond residents would have to pay to exit their city, while long trips could be made toll-free on the Bur-
rard Peninsula (Port Coquitlam to UBC) or South of the Fraser (Fort Langley to Tsawwassen). To make even those drivers pay, a comprehensive road-pricing system would be needed, potentially by a GPS system of tracking vehicles and charging them based on their length of trip and time of day. Lindsey said economists consider road pricing a “no brainer” because charges that fluctuate according to time of day can encourage enough drivers to travel at off-peak times, take transit or car-pool. Besides the benefit of fewer traffic jams, the region needs to raise billions of dollars to pay for transit expansion as well as new bridges replacing the Pattullo Bridge and Massey Tunnel. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has promised a review of B.C.’s tolling policy, noting simply tolling new bridges won’t be fair.
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‘Arts towers’ changes Reduction in overall height and changes in building massing are among issues that will be addressed at a second publicinformation meeting on a proposed residential towers/arts hub project for South Surrey. That’s the word from Cotter Architects, which is developing the design – proposed for 152 Street at 19 Avenue – for co-developers the Reifel Cooke Group and the Surrey City
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news Development Corporation. The meeting will be held Wednesday, 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Bayridge Elementary’s gym, 1730 142 St.
which is to be the subject of a public information meeting. In addition to a medicalmarijuana-production zone, the bylaw is to “clarify definitions and requirements for Marijuana zone retaining walls… and The City of White other minor edits and editorial@peacearchnews.com clarifications.” Rock is suggesting establishing a zone for The public meeting, medical-marijuana production. set for 5:30-7 p.m. Dec. 10 at city The idea is noted as among hall (15322 Buena Vista Ave.), items proposed for Zoning is to include a presentation of Amendment Bylaw No. 2042, proposed amendments.
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Blender accident One woman was taken to hospital Saturday following a report of a “possible finger amputation” in White Rock. Paramedics were alerted to an incident in the 14400-block of Marine Drive at just after 4 p.m. “It was reported as a finger that was stuck in a blender,” a spokesperson for BC Ambulance Service spokesperson said.
‘It would be nice if we were the last ones to go through this’ who died alongside his son. injury associated with a lack of shoulder har- lies for grief in the event of a wrongful death. i from page 1 Nortman said that despite that link, he nesses in such aircraft. Smith’s mother, Pamela, said she has no Smith, who was sitting in the front pas“This recommendation has gone unno- plans to launch civil action. While she, too, senger seat, died on impact. Sewell, who doesn’t blame the instructor. That lies with had been seated immediately behind the the school his son trained at and, more so, ticed,” he said. “It seems to have fallen hopes that issues identified in the TSB report pilot, died two days later from what doctors to Transport Canada, he said, “for the lack on deaf ears. The safety of the passengers will be acted on, she isn’t holding her breath. should be paramount.” “It would be nice if we were the last ones to told her parents was an “unsurvivable brain of rules and regulations.” The TSB report notes that the pilot In addition to calling for TC to go through this,” Smith said. “We won’t be.” injury.” rectify that gap, Sewell said he is The TSB report does note that following According to a Transportation Safety Board of the Piper that crashed last year proposing – for situations where the crash, NAV Canada and Transport Canreport released Wednesday, all four on board did not calculate weight and balance for the flight, and had relatively litretro-fitting is impractical – that ada issued a warning on recommended altisuffered severe head injuries in the crash. occupants of such craft be required tudes when departing the Okanagan Valley; As contributing factors, the report names tle experience or the organizational to wear approved safety helmets; as well, a new sign has been installed at the a reduced rate of climb related to atmo- support that a pilot flying for a comthat the federal agency develop Penticton Airport advising pilots to climb to spheric conditions, reduced visibility due to mercial operator would have. “It’s high time that Transport and legislate a graduated-licensing 5,000 feet prior to turning west or east when forest-fire smoke in the area, the craft being program for new pilots; that pilot leaving the Okanagan Valley. overweight at take-off, reduced power in the Canada start paying attention here,” Al Nortman programs be expanded to improve Transport Canada spokesperson Roxane right engine and a decision not to use avail- Nortman said. father Pilots traversing mountainous tertraining for mountainous terrain Marchand said by email Monday that the able turbochargers. conditions; and for local politicians report did not issue recommendations to Findings include that “the safety of passen- rain should be required to earn an to push for changes to the Family Compen- the federal body, “however, the department gers could have been improved if the aircraft endorsement in the skill, he said. Sewell noted Transport Canada has sation Act. takes all transportation accidents seriously had been equipped with shoulder harnesses received “dozens” of TSB reports in the last Regarding the latter, Sewell said B.C. is the and thanks the board for their work in this to complement the available lap belts.” Sewell’s father noted the report suggests 20 years that highlight the increased risk of only province that does not compensate fami- investigation.” many of the factors can also be attributed to pilot inexperience – for 72% OFF! 65% OFF! Al Nortman, that is a key 42cm stainless steel 20pc Souris link between the crash multi-roaster with rack flatware set. and bonus poultry List: $99.99. and one that killed his lacer and baster. son, Joel, 2½ years ago. List: $359.99. Joel died July 5, 2011 during a training exer$9999 $3499 cise near Harrison Hot Springs. 51% OFF! UP TO 70% OFF! Avonlea fry pans feature one of the Nortman, a Vancouver Non-stick paring world’s toughest triple-layer non-stick coatings and are resident, told reporters & Santoku knife completely PFOA Free. 20cm/8” Avonlea fry pan. set in red or List: $129.99. Now $39.99 the primary instructor 71% OFF! Our 12pc Canadiana Cookware set is made from 18/10 stainless 24cm/9.5” Avonlea fry pan. yellow. for the pilot of the ill- steel and features an impact bonded base that’s safe for all stovetops of modern kitchens, including induction. Durable riveted handles, no-drip lips, oven and dishwasher safe, the List: $149.99. Now $44.99 List: $26.99. fated Piper Comanche Canadiana is built to last and we stand behind it with our exceptional 25 year warranty. 28cm/11” Avonlea fry pan. was the same instructor Set includes: 1.5L, 2L, 3L saucepans, 6.5L Dutch oven, 2.5L steamer, List: $169.99. Now $59.99 $1299 3L sauté pan, 24cm/9.5” ceramic non-stick frying pan, and 5 covers. List: $949.00.
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Former Surrey staffer admits to defrauding city
City planner facing prison Greg Laychak Black Press
A former City of Surrey planner is facing jail time for defrauding the city. At a sentencing hearing Thursday, both defence and Crown lawyers requested jail time for Akonyu Akolo – ranging from three to 15 months – for breach of trust by a public officer. Akolo pleaded guilty to the charge in September. Akolo’s defence lawyer, Jennifer Currie, asked for three to four months of jail time. Crown prosecutor Kevin Marks asked the court to sentence Akolo to 15 months of incarceration. While a sentence of nine to 12 months of community service is an option, she said, the defendant needs to work and provide for his family, and the longer sentence would keep Akolo from doing so. Akolo, who was fired in 2010,
was charged in 2011 after a the development was approved, lengthy police investigation. because he feared for his job if He originally faced five charges his mistake was noticed. – bribing an agent, corrupt During their investigation, municipal official, breach of police found no criminal trust by a public officer, giving wrongdoing on the part of the false account to deceive developer or any other principal and fraudulent Surrey staffers. concealment. Akolo initially denied Akolo had worked for all allegations. the city for 17 years. The City of Surrey has He was in charge of a civil lawsuit against area planning and Akolo over missing development for South funds. Surrey. In a suit filed in April A developer reported 2010, the city claimed him to the city and unnamed developers Akonyu Akolo to the police on April facing jail time acted in conspiracy 2010. with Akolo to bilk The court heard the city out of various Akolo offered to take $30,000 development fees. for what he called “professional The city also accused Akolo consulting services” from the of using the funds he took to developer, in exchange for not purchase his home in North cashing cheques worth $65,000 Delta. of fees to the city. Those allegations have not Currie said Akolo claimed he been proven in court. had forgotten about the cheques The sentencing is to continue and didn’t deposit them after on Dec. 6.
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any Canadians – including Surrey and White Rock residents – voted with their feet last week and headed south on Black Friday in hopes of finding bargains on electronics, appliances, apparel and food. This trek is part of a general trend of Canadians to cross-border shop year round. Our dollar’s value has stayed relatively high, and although the price spread is just 10 per cent – not a huge difference given the time spent in border line-ups and the cost of gas – the general impression is that U.S. retailers do a better job in keeping prices low. The truth is more complicated as retailers, such as London Drugs, have been adapting to consumer demand, offering competitive deals and extended shopping hours to keep shoppers at home. As well, the entry of U.S.-based Walmart and Target have forced Canadian retailers to sharpen their pencils. But Canadian retailers can’t take all the blame for the price differences. In fact, Canada’s relative small consumer market compared to the U.S. contributes to higher pricing overall. For one thing, foreign suppliers have historically charged more for their product, knowing that Canadian consumers will still pay the higher price, and because Canada is a more costly market to service. Transportation costs, distribution costs, (somewhat) higher labour costs, tariffs and fees, as well as higher rent and real estate costs all add to the mark-up Canadians pay on goods. It’s a fact of life in a country with a smaller population that consumer goods will be more expensive. But should retailers ignore the desire of Canadians to get more for their money? Absolutely not. They need to take some responsibility for the problem of cross-border shopping and do what they can to keep customers at home – whether it be through enhanced customer service, warranty servicing or more competitive pricing. At the same time, Canadian consumers shouldn’t be let off the hook. They need to know that circulating their dollar in their home community keeps themselves and their neighbours employed, and thus benefits local economies. Dollars spent in Canada will also ensure that we continue to enjoy health care, a strong social safety net and many other benefits. With another blowout shopping frenzy on the horizon – Boxing Day – this is worth considering. When it comes to quality of life, you get what you pay for.
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Clark has repeatedly argued that B.C. LNG should get credit for displacing coal in China and elsewhere. I asked Polak if the international community would accept B.C.’s assertion that emissions from our LNG production shouldn’t count. “We haven’t said we won’t count them,” Polak replied. “What the premier’s talked about and I’ve talked about is that this whole issue of how one accounts for greenhouse gases in a particular region is one that is constantly evolving. There are regularly changes to the international standards for accounting for these things and reporting them. And certainly the ability for one jurisdiction to impact positively on the GHG emissions of another, we think is appropriately considered in how one accounts for these things.” Clark visited the Jiangsu LNG import facility in China that could be a key export destination. Globe and Mail China correspondent Nathan Vanderklippe covered the premier’s visit. He reports that the gas being imported at Jiangsu isn’t replacing coal. It’s being used in addition to coal in peak demand periods. Clark also visited Japan, another key customer for LNG. The whole world knows why Japan needs new energy sources. It needs to replace production from its disaster-tainted nuclear facilities. Will B.C. LNG be part of the solution to human-induced climate change? On the evidence so far, the answer is no. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca The Peace Arch News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org
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Keeping track of the positives, negatives quote Editor: Re: Mayors probe moving tracks inland, Nov. 21; MP, MLA question track-move viability, Nov. 26; Cities present four rail-route options, Nov. 28. The standard of living in B.C. is highly dependent on our ability to export and import all manner of goods through our ports. The expeditious flow of goods between B.C. and the U.S. in both directions is vital to our economy. The B.C. economy needs to grow to maintain our current standard of living, let alone improve it. The rail-relocation project represents a golden opportunity to achieve this. Failure to seize this opportunity will result in loss of U.S. business and be disastrous to the B.C. economy. Moreover, a Lac-Mégantic type of incident on our shoreline would be disastrous to White Rock. Cost estimates show that the cleanup only at Lac-Mégantic will be in the same order of magnitude as the cost of relocation of the White Rock railway. If the costs of compensation for loss of life and rebuilding are also factored in, the total cost of such disasters far outweighs the cost of relocating a few kilometres of rail line. The business and safety imperatives can only be satisfied by having multiple rail tracks, which can enable faster and more reliable delivery over safer routes. This would create many more jobs and every stakeholder involved would benefit. The cost is not that great, considering the alternative, and can easily be borne by the federal/provincial governments and the many stakeholders. The cost can also can be mitigated by a simple land-swap arrangement. Remember, White Rock is paying BNSF more than $400,000 per year to use their land for car parks, and White Rock is restricted with regard to expansion and/or development of the shoreline and promenade areas to attract more tourists and visitors, or even its own residents. If B.C. and White Rock are to prosper, it makes no sense to keep the tortuous, accident-prone, unsafe, low-speed rail line through White Rock and Crescent Beach. Everyone will benefit from its relocation and the subsequent remediation of the current route into an environmentally friendly seaside park and trail system. Keith Knightson, White Rock Q I think the City of White Rock should think a little more clearly about what the results would be if the railroad was moved. Since the land does not belong to White Rock, it would have to be purchased from the railroad. And I don’t think the city could afford to do that, which means, of course, that developers who have lots of money could purchase the property. Pretty soon, we would have housing all along the beach, at very high prices, and access to the beach probably limited. In the end, the only people who would benefit from moving the railroad would be wealthy people who could afford to buy houses right on the seashore, while other residents would find their views blocked. If it ain’t really broke… don’t fix it. I am certain developers are rubbing their hands together in glee hoping that the railroad would be moved. Money money money money money. Roger Currie, White Rock Q I don’t like the noise or the holdups caused by trains at the only road-crossing entering or leaving Crescent Beach, but I can live with that. What I am concerned about is the possibility of chlorine gas poisoning, because of a derailment just south of us. Elemental chlorine at high concentrations is extremely dangerous and poisonous for all living organisms. If you live anywhere along the rail route except Crescent Beach, you can evacuate the area. In Crescent, you are stuck if the train is long enough. We have been told that if there is a chlorine spill and the road is blocked, go into your house, seal all doors and windows and hope for the best. Do we need another Lac-Mégantic before we act?
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Residents not united on thoughts of rail relocation. They looked at putting a different entrance into Crescent, which would not be blocked by trains and decided it was too expensive. What is more expensive, a new crossing, or 400 families suing the city after a major catastrophe? I think rail traffic should be, if possible, where all other traffic is, the 99 corridor. At that location, most of it is underground and, where it is not, is farmland. Wherever you put it, somebody is going to be upset, but that is the location that affects the least number of citizens. Laurence Gill, Surrey Q Estimates predict it would cost $350-$500 million to move the train tracks off the beach. Trains may be a minor nuisance, but is it really worth this kind of money to move the tracks? If our government has half-a-billion dollars that they don’t need, surely there is a worthier cause than satisfying NIMBYs. For example, many schools are overcrowded. Quick calculations show we could build 24 high schools for the same price as moving the train track. Emergency-room wait times are another big issue in our community. We could spend the money on building a new ER at the Peace Arch Hospital, like the one at Surrey Memorial. On a more global scale, imagine what this money could do. With $400 million, we could build 57,000 wells in developing nations, providing millions of people with clean water. I’m not saying we need to give our tax money to charity, but I think there are much bigger issues in our community and our world than the train tracks at the beach. Elise Burgert, White Rock Q What really disappointed me was the remarks by MP Russ Hiebert and MLA Gordon Hogg in your paper. Why don’t we look at the glass as being half full, instead of the other way, all the time? Why don’t politicians from all levels of government get together and use their brains in finding solutions. Maybe if BNSF gets the right incentive – which includes sharing funding from the many levels of government and finding ways to impress them in the long run that a relocation makes sense – maybe we could entice them to share in this endeavour with funding. The whole crazy situation of this community/ beach area being inundated by massive, dangerous trains – sometimes three in only one-half hour –
drives me to distraction why it was ever allowed in the first place. Did those decision-makers have no vision of the future and what living in these communities would be like as they developed? I am sure if there was a vote by the South Surrey and White Rock on the relocation of the railway, it would be in the 90-per-cent range for relocating. Brian Lauder, Surrey Q It would only be equitable for property owners directly benefiting from the relocation of the track to contribute towards the cost, rather than for all taxpayers to foot the bill. Unfortunately, I am not one of those owners, who know only too well their properties would only appreciate in value when the track is gone. The owners should be reminded the presence of the track has already made their properties more affordable to them in the first place. Fen Kong Liew, Surrey Q Am I missing something? Why remove the tracks? I was hoping for more trains. How about two or three passengers trains a day bringing people (and their money) to experience the great lifestyle and culture of White Rock? And let’s not forget poor old Crescent Beach – no one ever mentions them. It feels like the call for a removal is like the HST baby-out-with-the-bathwater to me: a good tax system trashed because taxed items were resented. The line is, according to many, part of the charm of White Rock, as is the old station. It’s the many one-mile-long, 100-plus-car trains carrying toxic chemicals, and the thermal coal Seattle doesn’t want in their backyard that we need to get rid of ASAP. And, yes, if it costs a billion dollars, it would be worth it. How about getting the rail company to pay half, or more? A new route will surely result in significant gains: less fuel and travel time. Michael Klerck, White Rock Q I have been reading with interest the reporting of the proposed rail-track relocation in White Rock/ South Surrey, and I am amazed that the local politicians have been so quick to jump for yet another chance to get their pictures in the press. Note that there has not been any derailment in the vicinity since 1956, and the carriers have improved their rail safety enormously since then, yet the proponents are crying out with no consideration for the logistics or cost. I would suggest that before any such program is even considered, our municipalities undertake the road repair/maintenance that is so badly needed. Our mayors and councils are continually avoiding the obvious, while quick to seek publicity for mega-projects that will not happen. R. Conley, Surrey Q An open letter to Surrey council. Residents of Crescent Beach and our thousands of daily summertime visitors thank you for your leadership. More importantly, millions of others, many not yet born, also thank you. Combining the foreshores of White Rock, Surrey and Delta will forever change life south of the Fraser. Every family will have access to a coastal getaway without boarding a ferry or loading a car. The ‘Farm & Sea’ greenway will unlock the cultural potential of bordering communities. A connected South Fraser District will offer a unique recreational experience that is complementary to Vancouver. On completion of the new George Massey tunnel/bridge, a viable cycle corridor will link Vancouver to the Peace Arch border. The plan is a win for all of B.C., but we humbly acknowledge the benefits in safety are the greatest for Crescent Beach residents, visitors, and wildlife. Our only way to give back, is to open the doors to our village… and this we do, with open arms. Erik Seiz, Crescent Beach Property Owners Assn.
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White Rock council has given the thumbs-up to a zoning amendment that will permit two North Bluff Road lots to be subdivided into three – but their support is contingent on a promise. The owner of the lots at 14022 and 14034 North Bluff Rd. must ensure coach houses can never be built on the site. “Mr. James, you have a little bit of legal work to do,” Mayor Wayne Baldwin told Milt James following council’s unanimous approval of the amendment. Council gave the amendment – which rezones the sites to RS-4 single unit from RS-1 one-unit residential – third and final reading Nov. 18, following a public hearing on the proposal. It was the fifth public hearing regarding the properties. The application was on the brink of once again being sent back to the drawing board when Baldwin suggested a restrictive covenant that prevents coach houses as a solution to neighbourhood angst. “This is becoming a bad story,” Baldwin said. A staff report notes the application is the third revision to the original plan, which proposed two buildings with six commer-
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number of Surrey nonprofit groups are getting a helping hand from fellow community organizations in order to improve the quality of life for residents in the city. The SurreyCares Foundation draws service agencies from all over Surrey to form a community of non-profit organizations and societies in order to “exchange ideas, support, energy and encouragement,” as well as collect donations to grant out to qualified agencies. The agencies are chosen by community fundholders, which include Darts Hill Garden Park, the Arts Council of Surrey, Surrey Retired Teachers Association and Coast Capital Youth, among others. Among the 10 Surrey agencies that received a financial boost from the SurreyCares foundation is Alexandra Neighbourhood House, Semiahmoo House, Surrey Crime Prevention and the Semiahmoo Animal League Inc. Alex House received $500, which was used to fund a newcomer and refugee family camp held the first week of July. The three-day event was a collaboration with the Options BC First Steps early child-care development program, which the families had been working
with, and provided the group of government-assisted refugee families a beach vacation at Camp Alex. Alex House’s director of youth and family programs Rhea Hubbard told Peace Arch News Thursday that the overnight camps helped introduce newcomers to Canadian culture and provide some much-needed reprieve from the obstacles they face. “The children were part of the summer day camp component, while the parents were able to do some gardening, have a spa day, do some cooking with volunteers and they had an evening camp fire each night,” she said. She noted that without the help of organizations like SurreyCares, it would be difficult to fund programs like the refugee and newcomer camp. “It’s always a struggle. We look at every avenue we can to find funding to do programs like that, that would be of benefit to our community and sometimes to target people who are in need the most, but wouldn’t necessarily speak up for themselves,” Hubbard said. “It’s crucial to have funders who can help make that happen.” The grants have also helped those with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries at Semiahmoo House Society find a place in the
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said. “We are really working with individual people on their own time and it’s huge. And to have an organization like SurreyCares to be supportive and spreading our word in the community.” Tennant added that with a foundation like SurreyCares, the city can soon create a more supportive community, much like the Vancouver foundation, and help spread the reach of nonprofits and where organizations help each other. On Nov. 21, Tennant and other grant recipients had the chance to hear from each other on what the funding has helped them accomplish in the community at the annual SurreyCares gala, held at Semiahmoo House. Tennant noted that hearing the different stories about what has been done with the funds was inspiring. “The long-term benefit of nonprofit organizations like ours is immense,” he said. “That’s the future of non-profit organizations. The way I look at it is, I never want people to look at it as a paradigm that we’re coming to people hat in hand. The paradigm to me is that it’s a relationship that we have with the rest of the community, where we’re helping make that community strong. “And that’s not a charity situation, that’s a relationship situation.”
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Langley woman writes about teaching prisoners floral arts
The power of flowers Dan Ferguson Black Press
June Strandberg claims she has retired from teaching the art of flower arranging. She is, after all, 79 and a greatgrandmother. But during an hour-long conversation with Black Press, Strandberg lets slip that she will be giving a course at a Langley seniors’ centre. She also mentions she recently taught some people in a rehab program in Surrey. It went well, she says, and she has been lobbying the program administrators to leave some space for flower arrangements in their open-to-the-public store. But, technically, Strandberg quit in 2011 when she retired from Just Beginnings, the non-profit Surrey flower shop that won international recognition for its work with disadvantaged women when it won the contract for the 2010 Olympics. That was after she had created and run the first-ever prison floral-training program in North America. Now, the Langley resident has written a book about her experiences. Behind Seven Locked Doors is the account of an extremely nice and very refined woman who ended up teaching her craft to convicted criminals. It all started more than 20 years ago when Strandberg, a thirdgeneration florist, was running two retail stores and operating a trade school for florists. A parole officer asked if she would be willing to train two women who had recently been
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June Strandberg has written about her experiences training prisoners to become florists. released from prison. She was. That experience later led her to phone the warden at Oakalla prison to pitch a program for female prisoners, one that would teach them how to handle flowers and how to design arrangements. Not once in her many years working in the prison was Strandberg ever threatened or treated badly. She was a little startled once, when a tall, transgendered woman with a booming voice burst into her office after classes. It turned out all the inmate wanted was to ask for permission to keep a bright pink artificial flower arrangement in her “apartment.” The answer, after Strandberg checked with prison administrators, was yes. While she has no bad memories, some are sad. Like the bedraggled, sickly little
inmate who told Strandberg she had never seen a real rose. Strandberg allowed the woman to keep a rose on her workbench in the prison classroom, where it stayed until it dried out. The woman graduated from the program, won parole and found work in the industry. And every Mother’s Day she’d send Strandberg a card. “Such a sweet girl,” she says. When the provincial government closed Oakalla in 2003, the floraltraining program found a new home at The Phoenix Centre for integrated addiction services in Surrey. The non-profit Just Beginnings flower shop trained former prisoners, single mothers and victims of domestic abuse struggling to start over. The women would argue over whose bouquet was being held, Strandberg recalls. Except one time when a winner banged the bouquet on his knee and it flew apart in front of live television cameras. “Whose bouquet was that?” Strandberg demanded the next day. No one would admit it. Years later, Strandberg remains proud and protective of her students, careful to avoid using their real names. “Nobody’s born bad,” Strandberg says. “I didn’t care about what they did, I cared about what they could be.” Behind Seven Locked Doors by June Strandberg was officially launched Nov. 23. Copies can be ordered online at www. friesenpress.com/bookstore
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Annual Christmas Sail Past set for Saturday Semiahmoo Bay will be lit with holiday cheer this Saturday, when the International Yacht Club of BC hosts its annual Christmas Sail Past. On Saturday evening, the lighted-boat parade will see IYC members adorn their boats with Christmas lights and make two passes by the White Rock Pier. In past years, the event has attracted anywhere
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Cancer patient parties with pals A six-year-old Langley boy diagnosed with leukemia was granted his wish for a day of fun through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Keian Blundell was diagnosed with leukemia in July 2012. Despite a bone-marrow transplant from his brother, Jordan, last April Keian’s condition worsened and in October he and his family moved into Canuck Place. Despite his health struggles, Keian was all smiles on Nov. 18 as he and 50 of his friends and family enjoyed a carnivalthemed party at Capture Lab/Electronic Arts in Burnaby. The party – one of the biggest wishes ever fulfilled by Make-A-Wish BC & Yukon – included bumper cars, balloon pop, a carousel and popcorn, candy floss and mini donuts.
Keian’s family was also on the receiving end of some wish makers. More than 200 people turned out for a South Surrey fundraiser Nov. 23 benefiting the Blundells, who were forced to give up their home and have taken time off work to be with their sick son. Creative Kids preschool supervisor Debbie Back, who organized the event at the Rosemary Heights location, said the night was a success, raising nearly $5,000. She noted that the silent auction sold some big-ticket items, including an autographed Nickelback guitar. All cash donations on the night of the fundraiser will go directly to Keian’s family, proceeds from item sales will go to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. - Sarah Massah
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Serving up Christmas spirit Students and teachers at Elgin Park Secondary are gearing up for a Christmas tradition that warms hearts and fills tummies. Teacher Sinead Hibbert said the school’s annual Community Christmas Dinner – which reaches out to those who might not otherwise have a festive meal – will take place this year on Dec. 11. Held at the 13484 24 Ave. school, it will include a full turkey dinner – prepared and served by students – and student entertainment. Doors open at 5 p.m., and dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Space is limited to 150 guests; to RSVP, call 604-538-6678 (weekdays, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.) by 3 p.m. Dec. 4 with names, contact information and number of guests. - Tracy Holmes
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Semiahmoo Shopping Centre volunteers raising money for cancer research
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ne carefully wrapped gift at a time, volunteers at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre are nearing their goal of raising $100,000 for cancer research and support. Since launching in 2004, the by-donation gift-wrapping program has brought in close to $84,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society, according to volunteer co-ordinator Janet Jans. The program, which runs each holiday season from mid-November until Christmas Eve, is a collaborative effort between a large network of volunteers, Semiahmoo Shopping Centre management and community members and organizations. “With cancer, you can’t meet someone who hasn’t been touched by it,” Jans said. “That’s why we all feel so lucky that we can do what we do here.” The program is run completely by volunteers and all expenses – including wrapping paper, tape, ribbons, signage and a large kiosk near the mall’s customer service desk – are covered by Semiahmoo Shopping Centre. Including the approximate cost of renting mall space, marketing director Jeri Cox estimates the yearly tab to be more than $5,000. With no overhead and no staff to pay, Jans notes that 100 per cent of the donations go straight to the Canadian Cancer Society. “There’s nobody taking a bite off the top,” she said. “We’re hoping to make it to $100,000 next year.” This year, Jans has 87 volunteers on her
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Volunteers, from left, Janet Jans, Carol Cluff and Karen Scott show off their wrapping skills at the Semiahmoo Shopping Centre kiosk. roster who spend countless hours wrapping up packages of all shapes and sizes, in exchange for donations of the customer’s choosing. “We don’t say ‘this size is $5, this size is $7,” she explained. “You donate what you want. For some people, a toonie is a lot of money.” The volunteers come from all corners of the community and include local high school students, retirees and everything in between.
“We’ve had doctors, real estate agents, nurses, teachers… everything,” Jans said. “We’ve even had students who started eight years ago, in Grade 9 or 10, who take time off from work or school now to come join us.” The loyalty extends beyond the volunteers, too, according to Jans, who said each year the gift-wrap station is visited by local firefighters with a huge haul of gifts to be
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Frog Princess The Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s annual pantomime continues at Surrey Arts Centre Theatre until Dec. 8. This year’s production is The Frog Princess, an original from the pens of director Mike Balser and collaborators Norma Rushton and Cathy Wilmot, featuring Sheena Johnston in the title role of the transformed Princess Anastasia of Russia, with Michelle Gaetz (who played Pinocchio in last year’s White Rock Players’ Club panto) as principal boy Misha, and Chelsea Tucker and James Walker as a most villainous duo – glamourous witch Ivana Castacurski and her lessthan-bright son, Boris. Also featured are Joni Hayden-Summerton as Anastasia’s best friend, Petra, and Adrian Duncan as the Tsar, with the comedic interruptions of good cop-bad cop fairies Sam Andrews and Jeff Christensen. Performances run Wednesday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. For tickets and information, call 604-5015566, or visit www.fvgss.org
Rumpelstiltskin The White Rock Players Club and panto-author Dave Baron make no apologies at all to Ian Fleming for Rumpelstiltskin, latest edition in the almost 60-year-tradition of the White Rock pantomime (Running until Dec. 28, at Coast Capital Playhouse, 1532 Johnston Rd.) Principal boy ‘Bond, Jimmy Bond’ (Kirstin Stewart), must battle nefarious master criminal Squire Goldringer (Ray Van Ieperen) and rescue his lady love Penny Money (MacKenzie Claus), with the help of Dame ‘M’ (Bryce Mills) in a show
Sr. (or pinch-hitter Leigh Smith) on cornet and vocals, Green (reeds), Ray Batten (trombone, vocals), and Casey Tolhurst (bass), can also be caught at Porter’s Bistro, 21611 48 Ave., in Langley’s historic Murrayville, most Friday nights from 7 p.m. (reservations 604-5305297).
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that promises “live 3-D” and a guarantee, for fans of obligatory panto-animal Shenanigans, that “no giraffes were harmed during production.” Also playing lead roles in this panto spoof of an equally venerable franchise are Hunter Golden (Fools) as the titular Rumpelstiltskin, Krystle Hadlow as Belladonna, Jennifer Tiles as Rocky Raccoon and Elyse Raible as Jack Russell. Steering the show is director Susanne de Pencier, with valuable contributions by costume designer Heather Maximea, set designer Andrea Olund, property mistress Naomi Mitchell, producer Matthew Davenport and stage manager Gordon Mantle. Shows run Wednesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., with 2:30
p.m. matinees Dec. 8, 15 and 22. Tickets ($20, $15 children 12 and under) are available through the box office (604536-7535) or visit www. whiterockplayers.ca
Mind and Matter Art In Bloom, the current show at the Arnold Mikelson Mind and Matter Gallery (13743 16 Ave.), features work by three wellknown artists; Sechelt’s Anita Lindblom, and White Rock’s Gunilla Lindgren and Pauline McLean Dutkowski. Products of Lindblom’s Blue Dot Art Studio in Sechelt are typically bright and upbeat, floraldominated watercolours and hand-painted ceramics. Lindgren also delights in watercolours featuring flowers, coming to the
medium after a long involvement with oils and training in figure drawing, landscape and still life, which she balanced with raising four children and a career in nursing. Latterly she has also extended her interest to include acrylic painting as well. Dutkowski, who discovered her love of fibre while growing up in England during wartime and the post-war years, is now internationally recognized as a fibre artist, and has been founder and co-ordinator of White Rock’s Outside The Box festival for three years. While she no longer weaves tapestries, she continues to work with wool and other natural fibres, and was recently given a full page in the book 30 Selected Contemporary Artists, published by the Museum of the Americas Artists Library
in Miami. For more details and opening hours, contact the gallery at 604-536-6460.
Traditional jazz The sounds of Dixieland and retro jazz continue each Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Crescent Branch 240 (2643 128 St.). The White Rock Traditional Jazz Society program continues at the legion with drummer Scott Robertson’s Swing Patrol (Dec. 8). Admission is $10 for the general public, $8 for WRTJS members. Also coming up is the society’s Christmas Party (Dec. 15) featuring music by Gerry Green’s Christmas Crackers (tickets $30). WRTJS house band Red Beans and Rice, including leader Rice Honeywell
Acclaimed pianist Sarah Hagen will play Robert Schumann’s passionate and demanding Sonata No. 2, Opus 22, at the next Classical Coffee Concert at 10:30 a.m., Dec. 5 at the Surrey Arts Centre studio theatre. Audience members are invited to make themselves at home visiting and enjoying coffee and pastries in the lobby, starting at 9:30 a.m. The 75-minute concert begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Studio Theatre. In upcoming concerts host and raconteur Hagen will welcome violist Marcus Takizawa (Jan. 16), soprano Robyn Driedger-Klassen (Feb. 13) and French horn player Oto Carrillo. Tickets are $25, including all fees, with a $5 per-ticket discount when purchasing three or more concerts. Student Rush tickets ($15), are subject to availability half hour before curtain. For more information, call Surrey Arts Centre box office at 604-501-5566.
Paints ‘n Bloom West Coast Gardens (1420 172 St.) presents Paints ‘n Bloom, an exhibition by artists Audrey Bakewell and Wendy Mould, Dec. 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The event, which helps support the Alzheimer Society of B.C., includes a demonstration of art and journaling techniques, Friday, Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m. For more information on the artists, visit www. artbywendy.com and www. audreybakewell.com
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hampions, at last. After five top-five finishes – and two championship-game losses – in the last five seasons, the Earl Marriott Mariners senior boys volleyball team finally snagged what they’d been so close to winning for the last half-decade: a provincial title. Saturday night in Kelowna, in the finals of the BC Boys AAA Championships, the Mariners – ranked No. 2 in the province heading into the tournament – defeated the No. 1-ranked Kelowna Owls in four sets (25-11, 23-25, 26-24, 25-20) to claim the banner. “The boys had come so close (before), and their mindset heading into the final was that they just weren’t going to let it happen again,” said EMS head coach Bob Smith. “That’s really what drove them – they didn’t want to be second anymore.” Last year, the Mariners finished fifth at provincials, and in both 2010 and ’11, placed second after losing in the finals. The team was also fifth in 2009. “In previous years, by the time we got to the finals, we were either really beat up and injured, or just outmatched,” Smith said Monday. “We lost both of those finals in three straight games, and this year, we won the first set handily, and I think the boys were in a state of shock, a little bit, that they’d finally won a game in the finals.” After a 25-11 first-set win over the Owls, the host team fought back to tie the series 1-1 – “We came out a little nervous after winning the first game, Smith said – but in the third set, EMS battled back from being down 16-10 to win it 26-24, with “a huge stuff-block from Justin Faester” giving the Mariners the win. Then, with a 2-1 advantage heading into the fourth set, the confident Mariners cruised to the title with a 25-20 win. Though Smith said the fourth game “was a lot of back and forth” the Mariners surged ahead after a series of great serves from Grade 10 Tyson Smith. “He made five or six tough serves, including a couple aces, and that helped us open it up a bit,” Smith explained. “Then a bit later, we had two great kills from Eric Lee, and that ended it.” The finals weren’t the only time the Mariners got off to a hot start. They also cruised undefeated through the power-pool – in which the top four seeds play each other in order to re-rank teams for playoffs. Earl Marriott won all three games, including a win over Kelowna, to whom they’d only i see page 23
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Offence was in no short supply for the Surrey Eagles last week, as the BC Hockey League team split a pair of high-scoring games with the Coquitlam Express. On Wednesday, the two Mainland Division rivals squared off at South Surrey Arena, with the Eagles prevailing 7-5, but the Express evened the score Friday night at the Poirer Sports and Leisure Centre, winning 9-6. Friday night’s road tilt got off to a rocky start for the Birds, as Coquitlam pumped four goals past Surrey netminder Devon Fordyce in the first five minutes of the game, three of which came off the stick of Joey Santucci. Not to be outdone, however, the Eagles stormed back with three goals of their own before the first intermission. Braeden Russell – who led the Eagles with a hat-trick in the contest – scored his first of the game on the power-play at 5:56 of the first period, and in the later stages of the first frame, Joseph Drapluk and Russell, again, scored to bridge the gap to 4-3. In the second, Russell completed the hat-trick and tied the game, but three straight tallies from the Express gave the home team a comfortable lead before the second break. The third period was much of the same, as the two teams each scored twice more – Nathan Renouf and Nic Pierog for the Eagles, and Jackson Cressey and Canon Piper for Coquitlam. Somewhat surprisingly, in a game that featured 15 goals, neither team pulled their starting goaltenders from the game, save for the last two i see page 23
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i from page 21 beaten once this season in three attempts until that point. The Mariners also edged Mount Boucherie and Steveston-London en route to being named the top seed for the playoff rounds. Semiahmoo was the other South Surrey representative at provincials, finishing 14th out of 20 teams. Marriott’s Jacob Smith was named the tournament’s most outstanding player, while Byron Keturakis and Faester were named to the first all-star team, and Lee named to the second. The senior boy’s championship wasn’t the only podium finish for Earl Marriott, either. The school’s senior girls’ team won a silver medal at BC quad-A senior girls championships in Penticton, losing to top-ranked South Delta in the championship game. Simply advancing to the finals was something of an achievement for the Mariners, as they were the No. 9 seed heading into the tournament. “It would’ve been nice to have been first, like the boys were, but we ran into a really tough, good team in the finals, and that’s how it goes,” said head coach Mark Cassell, who, in 2005,
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Fans cheer on Earl Marriott during the championship game of senior girls provincials in Penticton. was the head coach of the Semiahmoo Totems senior girls when the school swept both senior boys and girls provincial titles. “For us to get to the finals, that was an achievement. It was fantastic – it was very exciting.” Cassell said the team’s run to the finals – in a tourney he said was “the deepest provincial championship in years” – was made possible by two things: some lineup and matchup adjustments, and his team simply playing better than
they had all season. Cassell did admit that his troops may have been a bit worn out by the final game Saturday, as a result of playing semifinals earlier that day, as opposed to Friday night. “Saturday was a bit of a grind, for sure,” he said. Christie Faester and Cara Keturakis were named to the first all-star team, while Emma Davey and Shayla Stausgaard were second-team all-stars.
Eagles headed to Okanagan for weekend road trip i from page 21 minutes, when the Eagles yanked Fordyce in favour of an extra skater. Fordyce stopped 23 of 31 shots – Coquitlam’s last goal was an emptynetter – while Express starter Gordie Defiel was credited with the win, stopping 27 of 33 shots. Wednesday’s game was equally as wild, though unlike Friday’s tilt – in which most of the goals came
in the first period – Wednesday’s decisive period was the third, in which six goals were netted. Surrey started the game well, taking 3-1 lead into the first intermission after goals from Nathan Renouf, Drapluk and Jonah Renouf. The second period was relatively quiet, with Adam Rockwood scoring for Coquitlam and Heinen
replying for Surrey on a penalty shot. Drapluk scored his second of the game just 20 seconds into the third, and Nathan Renouf added his second just 12 seconds later, but Coquitlam rallied after that with three goals in five minutes. Then, with the game 6-5 in Surrey’s favour, Heinen tacked on his second goal of the contest into an empty net.
Surrey sits fourth in the BCHL’s Mainland Divison – where they’ve been for much of the season – with a record of 12-17-1-0. The Eagles are back on the road this weekend, with a game in West Kelowna Friday and Penticton Saturday. They don’t play at South Surrey Arena until a four-game home stand begins Dec. 14.
A very successful high school football season came to an end for the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers Saturday night at the University of British Columbia. The Panthers played in their first-ever provincial semifinal in the Senior AAA category, losing 39-33 to the Mount Douglas Rams. Tweedsmuir went 6-1 (won-lost) in league play, before winning one of two playoff games. Against the unbeaten Rams, the Panthers scored 33 points against a defense that allowed just 27 in six league games. Three members of the Lord Tweedsmuir team made the provincial all-star team. Running back Jamel Lyles and defensive linemen Austin Thornton and Reece Russell were selected as all-stars. In the Senior AA category, two players from the Holy Cross Crusaders were honoured. Named to the all-star team were defensive lineman Johnathon Kongbo and linebacker Lucas Ciampelletti. – Black Press
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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
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CRESCENT BEACH; view suite, bright 2 bdrm garden level, gas f/p, 5 appls, b/i vac, insuite laundry, kitchen w/island, NS/NP. $1200/mo incl utils. 604-538-1193 S. SURREY: New, large lower 2 bdrm in good neighborhood cls to border. Appl, lndry & utils incl, ns/np Avail now. $1250. (604)657-5568 SURREY, Panorama. Newer 1 bdrm suite, $600 incl utils, cbl, net, lndry, alarm. NS/NP.(604) 649-0660
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WHITE ROCK. 1 Bdrm. Newly reno’d w/beautiful finishes. 1/2 blk to beach. 6 appls. Utils. incl. N/s. Avail Jan 1st. $1100. (604)788-5593
RE: KRIS LANCE KRAFT Deceased, formerly of 936 Stayte Road, Surrey, BC
WHITE ROCK New 2 bdrm suite, full bath,nr Ocean, bus, schl, avail now. Ns/Np. $1100. 604-591-5064.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of KRIS LANCE KRAFT, who died on October 23, 2013, are hereby required to send particulars of those claims to LAURA REBECCA CREECH, c/o Brawn Karras & Sanderson, 309-1688-152nd Street, Surrey, BC, V4A 4N2, Attn: Kim A. Karras, on or before December 27th, 2013, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.
SUITES, UPPER
WHITE ROCK, Hospital area. Walk to mall/bus/schools. Large updated 2 level with yard. Parking, storage. 3 baths. 3+ bdrms or den or office with sep entrance. Refs req. $1950. Avail Dec. (604)315-0782.
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WHITE ROCK SUNSET VILLA
2010 YARIS RS, grey, 58,500kms, $12,500, local car. one owner, no accidents, serviced by Toyota dealer, w/blue tooth for hands free. Phone 604-218-8997
Call 604-538-5337 Beautiful & Affordable Kiwanis Park Place For Adults 55+ rental apartments in a modern complex, right next to beautiful Crescent Park! On site maintenance & office staff Mon. through Friday. 1 bdrm. units from $751 - $844 incls. heat, electricity and friendly reliable service.
1 Bdrm. w/ D/W & Gas F/P Large balcony. Concrete building.
$900 incls. HEAT & H/W. 1 block from Semiahmoo Mall. Available Immediately!
Call for appt to view 604.541.6276
Call 604-538-9669 for information or to visit.
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL S. SURREY. Warehouse, approx 1800 sf. 220 wiring, 4 -14’ doors $1500/m, or approx. 1000 sf $650/m. Gated. Suitable for storage. Avail. now. Call 604-835-6000
FANTASTIC OCEAN VIEW PENTHOUSE
Contact Roy 604-541-4749
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AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS
Newly renod 1 Bdrm, $865/mo, 2 Bdrm, $1025/mo. Avail Now. Quiet, well kept building. Hot water incl. Nr shops, bus, & hospital.
Swimming Pool & All Amenities.
White Rock: One bedroom 800 square foot suite with ocean view for $1195. Available now. Quiet adult oriented building. Includes hardwood floors, heat, cable, hot water, parking. N/P, N/S.
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WHITE ROCK
1 & 2 Bedrooms Well maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock close to shopping.
Exec. 1 bedroom top floor condo, 1630 154 st., Carlton Court, 6 appliances, gas fp., Mt. Baker views, vaulted ceilings, secure parking & locker,$1200/m, Immed. or Jan.01 C21 Prudential 604-232-3039
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SOFA & Chair, Sklar Peppler, light green, excellent condition, $100. 604-541-7591 or 604-652-5722 TOSHIBA 34’’ TV, excellent condition, $100. 604-541-7591 or 604-652-5722
CHIHUAHUAS, tiny tea cups, ready to go now, 2 males. $650. Call 604794-7347
1 and 2 Bedroom. Bright Suites with Hardwood Floors PET FRIENDLY!
UNDER $100
BEAGLES, 12’’ size, ready Dec 11, tri-colour. 5 male, $650. (604)3160376, tobyscardetail@hotmail.com
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
FAMILIES WELCOME
Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092
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747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING 2 BDRM 2 bath retirement accommodations for rent. Walking distance to Penninsula Village. Membership at Royal Pacifica Retirement Resort, all amenities and utilities included. Call Kellie or Maria about suite #103 at 604-5359194
WHITE ROCK Clean, quiet bldg. Fully reno’d 1 bdrm 3rd floor corner unit. Avail now. Incl heat, hotwater & prkg. Hrdwd floors. Close to mall, grocery, library & all amens. Safe & secure. Non-Smoking, No Pets. Crime free multi-housing awards.
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WHITE ROCK Centre bright 2 bdrm 900 sf, new reno, quiet bldg, pool, inste lndry, u/g pkg. Dec 31, $1100 incl heat/ht. NP/NS. 604-603-8410
FRIDGEDAIRE electronic front load WASHER & DRYER. Large capacity. 7 years old. $600 obo. 604541-0033
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WHITE ROCK: Avail now. 1 Bdrm Heat, h/w, cble & prkg incl. NS/NP, ref’s, adult oriented. (604)385-0275
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Above oven Kenmore Microwave (black) fan as well. , Beaumark dishwasher (white). All in good working order. We are remodeling and changing colour. North Delta 604-591-9740 .Russells Rubbish Removal 604-787-7355 White Rock / South Surrey
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HOMES FOR RENT
CRESCENT BEACH lifestyle, cute & cozy 2 bdrm+sm den 2 lvl cottage 4appls, suits sngl/cple Incl gardener NS/NP $1375+util 604-649-7115 CRESCENT BEACH: Updated 2 bdrm, 2 bath bungalow. 1 blk to beach. 5 appl. n/p, n/s. $1700/mo + utils. (604)531-0958
NEW 1 bedroom condo for rent on Marine Drive. Secured parking/elevator. Rent $1700. Avail. now. Text/call 604-309-9190
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SERENO 152nd/34th. Great location. Near schools. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, w/den. Granite throughou.t Hardwood floors. Stainless Steel appliances. 9 ft ceilings. Crown mouldings. Gas fireplace. Exercise room. $1900/Mth Avail Feb 1 Call 604-868-0267
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WHITE Rock by Semiahmoo Mall. Lrg. bright. 2 bdrm. Heat & hot water incl. Grd level, Lrg private patio. Outdoor Pool. Parking $1150.00 Jan. 1/14 604 307-7402
SUNNY WHITE ROCK Great Location Amid Sea & Shops 1/2 Month FREE Rent 1 Bdrm Suites - Avail Now
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Call 604-536-0379 WHITE ROCK: 1 bdrm new paint & carpet incl heat, hot water & cable. $850/mo. Sorry n/p. (604)538-8408 White Rock 2 bdrm 2 bath priv g/l ent, 1300sf. Walk to beach fr Buena Vista. Sec. u/g prkg lrg outdoor patio $1500 inc. utils (604)833-8071
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S. Surrey 1 bdrm coach hse, 4 appl ns/np, ideal for 1 person Avail now, $1025 incl util/sat TV 604-536-9125 WHITE ROCK: 3 bdrm split lvl remod. Kitch & Bathroom. 4 blks fr beach, on east side, with bachelor ste. $1600/mo. Ph: 604-720-8655 WHITE ROCK - 950sf. 3 bdrms. 1/2 blk. to beach & shops. Older style quaint home, new paint, carpet. Incls. W/D. 3 car prkg. $1200 small pet OK. Avail. Now. 604.418.6654
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Rosemary Centre 3388 Rosemary Hts Cres. Surrey, one ground floor office/retail unit 526 sq ft. in quiet Rosemary area.
Call 536-5639 to view & for rates
WHITE ROCK
3 Bdrm, 2 bath, reno’d, d/w, lrg closets, hrdwd flrs, Incl heat, hotwater & prkg. Quiet bldg close to mall, grocery, library & all amens. Safe & secure. Non- smoking, no pets. Crime free multi-housing awards. $1370/mo incl heat, h/wtr & prkg. Avail Dec 1st.
Call (604) 541-8857 WHITE ROCK area: Spac 1 bdrm & den suite. Walk to malls, bus, rest; large deck. In-ste lndry. $1250/mo incl gas. N/P, N/S. 604-531-9457.
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ROOMS FOR RENT
OCEAN PARK lrg bdrm, up, furn., sink, lndry. $485. Now. ns/np. Sml portion hydro/gas. 604-535-5953
747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING S. SURREY 1 Bdrm. Resort retirement living at the Pacifica (walk to Peninsula Village) 1 prkg, lrg patio, grnd level, pet ok. $1800/mo. Diane 778-786-2057, Milan 604-505-1326
2010 VENZA: Like new, only 20,000 kms, fully loaded, automatic, 6 cylinder, dvd system. $22,800. 604-575-5555.
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